OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, 1862-63. 
TRUSTEES (PERMANENT). 
Sir RopERIcK I. MurcuHison, K.C.B., G.C.St.S., D.C.L., F.R.S. 
Major-General EDWARD SABINE, R.A., D.C.L., Pres. B.S. 
Sir PHILIP DE M. GREY EGERTON, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. 
PRESIDENT. 
' THE REV. ROBERT WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental 
Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, 
VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
The Rey. the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. 
The Very Rey. the DEAN or ELy, D.D. 
The Rey. W. WHEWELL, D.D., F.R.S., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 
ake dey. =} SEDGWick, M.A., F.R.S., Woodwardian Profossor of Geology in the University of 
ambridge. 
The Rey. J. CHALLIS, M.A., F.R.S., Plumian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. 
G. B. Atry, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. 
G. G. STOKES, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge. 
J.C. ADAMS, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Lowndesian Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of 
Cambridge, and President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 
PRESIDENT ELECT. 
Sir WILLIAM G. ARMSTRONG, F.R.8. 
. VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECT. 
Sir WALTER C. TREVELYAN, Bart., M.A. NicHoLas Woop, Esq. 
Sir CHARLES LYELL, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S. Rev. TEMPLE CHEVALLIER, B.D., F.R.A.S. 
HvuGH TAYLor, Esq. WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Isaac LOWTHIAN BELL, Esq. 
LOCAL SECRETARIES FOR THE MEETING AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 
A. NOBLE, Esq. 
Aueustus H. Hunt, Esq. 
R. C. CLAPHAM, Esq. 
LOCAL TREASURER FOR THE MEETING AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 
THOMAS HopGKIN, Esq. 
ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
DE LA RUE,WARREN, Esq., F.R.S. | Hurron, ROBERT, Esq., F.G.8. | SyKES, Colonel, M.P., F.R.S. 
FitzRoy, Admiral, F.R.S8. Hoae, JOHN, Esq., M.A., F.L.S, | Tire, WILLIAM, Esq.,M.P.,F.R.S. 
GALTON, FRANCIS, Esq., F.R.S. LYELL, Sir CHARLES, F.R.S. WHEATSTONE, Professor, F.R.S. 
Gassiot, J. P., Esq., F.R.S. LANKESTER, Dr. E., F.R.S8. WEBSTER, THOMAS, Esq., F.R.S. 
GLADSTONE, Dr., F.R.S. MILLER, Prof. W.A., M.D.,F.R.S. | WiLLiamson, Prof. A.W., F.R.S. 
Grove, W. R., Esq., F.R.S. PRICE,Rey.Professor,M.A.,F.R.S, 
HEYWOOD, JAMES, Esq., F.R.S. | SHARPEY, Professor, Sec.R.S. 
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
The President and President Elect, the Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents Elect, the General and 
Assistant-General Secretaries, the General Treasurer, the T'rustees, and the Presidents of former years, 
viz.—Rey. Professor Sedgwick. The Duke of Devonshire. Rev. W. V. Harcourt. Rev. W. Whewell, D.D. 
The Earl of Rosse. Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.B. The Rey. 
T. R. Robinson, D.D. Sir David Brewster. G. B. Airy, Esq., the Astronomer Royal. General Sabine, 
D.C.L, William Hopkins, Esq., LL.D. The Earl of Harrowby. The Duke of Argyll. Professor Dau- 
beny, M.D. The Rey. H. Lloyd, D.D. Richard Owen, M.D., D.C.L, The Lord Wrottesley. William 
Fairbairn, Esq., LL.D. 
GENERAL SECRETARIES. 
WILLIAM HopkKIns, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. 
JOHN PHILLIPS, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford. 
Museum House, Oxford. 
ASSISTANT-GENERAL SECRETARY. 
GEORGE GRIFFITH, Esq., M.A., Deputy Panter of Experimental Philosophy in the University of 
ord. 
GENERAL TREASURER. 
WILLIAM SPoTTISWOODE, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.8., 19 Chester Street, 
Belgraye Square, London, 8.W. 
LOCAL TREASURERS. 
William Gray, Esq., F.G.8., York. | Robert P. Greg, Esq., F.G.S., Manchester. 
Prof. C. C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., Cambridge. John Gwyn Jetireys, Esq., F.R.8., Swansea. 
William Brand, Esq., Edinburgh. Robert Patterson, Esq., M.R.L.A., Belfust. 
John H. Orpen, LL.D., Dublin. | Edmund Smith, Esq., Hull. 
William Sanders, Esq., F.G.S., Bristol. | Richard Beamish, Esq., F.R.S., Cheltenham. 
Robert M‘Andrew, Esq., F.R.S., Liverpool. | John Metcalfe Smith, Esq., Leeds. 
W. R. Wills, Esq., Birmingham. John Forbes White, Esq., Aberdeen. 
Professor Ramsay, M.A., Glasgow. | Rey. John Griffiths, M.A., Oxford. 
AUDITORS. 
J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Robert Hutton, Esq. Dr. Norton Shaw. 
