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ing him to reconsider his resignation ; but as he adhered to 

 it, the Directors were reluctantly obliged to accept it. The 

 committee, at their first meeting thereafter, passed the 

 following resolution : ' The committee cannot commence 

 their report without expressing their regret at the loss of 

 the valuable services of Sir Thos. Buchan Hepburn, who 

 took so lively an interest in the chemical department, and 

 who has for many years devoted so much time to the duties 

 devolving upon him, first as a member, and latterly as 

 convener of the committee.' The resolution was cordially 

 approved of by the Board, and also at the General Meeting 

 on the 14th June 1876. 



The Directors have been eminently fortunate in their 

 selection of the present convener, Mr Colin James Mac- 

 kenzie of Portmore, who, since his appointment, has evinced 

 a degree of zeal and attention to the duties devolving upon 

 him which merit the approbation of the Society. 



Chemists to the Society. 



In 1849, Dr Thomas Anderson, then resident in 

 Edinburgh, was appointed chemist to the Society. In 

 1852, Dr Anderson received the additional appointment of 

 Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. 

 Owing to failing health, he resigned both appointments in 

 1874. At the General Meeting on 17th June of that year, 

 a resolution was unanimously adopted expressing regret at 

 Dr Anderson's retirement and its cause, and recording that 

 ' the Society in the fullest manner recognises the importance 

 of the services which Dr Anderson has rendered to the 

 science of chemistry by his original researches, and to the 

 Highland Society's chemical department by the fidelity and 

 accuracy of the work executed on its behalf by him.' Dr 

 Anderson died on 2nd November 1874; and at the Direc- 

 tors' meeting, held on the 4th of that month, resolutions 

 were passed expressing sincere regret at his death, and 

 repeating the testimony borne in the former minute to the 

 fidelity and accuracy of the work which he had for twenty- 

 five years executed for the Society. 



Mr James Dewar, F.R.S.E., was nominated assistant 



