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1901. The Anniversary Meeting in the year 1901 was held 

 on 27th June and was attended by twenty-eight members, 

 with Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B., in the chair. The Trea- 

 surers submitted a financial statement which showed that 

 the expenses since the last Anniversary had amounted to 

 77 us. 2d., leaving at the bank a balance of 36 75. nd. 

 The number of dinners had been eleven, that appointed for 

 3 ist January having been cancelled on account of the death 

 of Queen Victoria. The total number of persons who dined 

 was 192, composed of 159 members and 33 visitors. Sir 

 John Dalrymple Hay having attained the age of eighty 

 now entered the Honorary List, but the election of an Ordinary 

 member to fill the vacancy thus caused was deferred. 



The death of two Honorary Members was reported Lord 

 Armstrong and Dr. William Pole. 



The senior Treasurer gave a summary of the proceedings 

 of the Joint-Committee, by which a series of draft rules 

 for the union of the two Clubs had been drawn up. The 

 Committee was constituted as follows : Three members 

 representing both Clubs, viz. Sir F. Abel, Sir John Evans, 

 and Prof. W. G. Adams ; three representing the Royal 

 Society Club, the Astronomer Royal, R. H. Scott, and Major 

 MacMahon ; and three representing the Philosophical Club, 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, Professor Judd, and Professor Meldola. 

 This Committee had held three meetings and had drawn up 

 a series of proposed Rules. These having been put into 

 type were submitted to the Philosophical Club at its Anni- 

 versary meeting on May 2nd, and were then adopted by that 

 Club with certain verbal modifications. 



The proposed Rules, as thus modified, had been distri- 

 buted among the members of the Royal Society Club for 

 consideration at this Anniversary Meeting. 



The Rides as finally adjusted were as follows : 



RULES OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY CLUB 



WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB. 



Established in 1743. 



I. THE Club shall consist of sixty -six Ordinary Members, who 

 must be Fellows of the Royal Society, in addition to the following 



