OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, 1878-79. 



PRESIDENT. 

 WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S.,- F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin. 

 The Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. 

 His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, E.G. 

 The Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L. 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., M.R.I.A. 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosse, B.A., D.C.L. 



F.R.S., F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A. 

 The Right Hon. Lord O'Haoan, M.R.I.A. 

 Professor G. G. Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., 



Sec. R.S. 



PRESIDENT ELECT. 

 PROFESSOR G. J. ALLMAN, M.D., F.R.S. L. & E., F.L.S., M.R.I.A. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECT. 



His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., M.A., 



LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 

 The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, K.G., 



F.R.G.S. 

 The Right Hon. the Earl of Wh arncliffe.F.R.G.S. 



The Master Cutler. 



Professor T. H. Huxley, Ph.D., LL.D., Sec. R.S., 



F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 Professor W. Odlino, M.B., F.R.S., F.C.S. 



LOCAL SECRETARIES FOR THE MEETING AT SHEFFIELD. 

 H. Clifton Sorby, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. J. F. Moss, Esq. 



LOCAL TREASURER FOR THE MEETING AT SHEFFIELD. 



Henry Stephenson, Esq. 



ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 



Abel, F. A., Esq., C.B., F.R.S. 

 Adams, Professor W. G., F.R.S. 

 Barlow, W. H., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Bramwell, F. J., Esq., C.E., F.R.S. 

 Cayley, Professor, F.R.S. 

 Evans, Captain, C.B., F.R.S. 

 Evans, J., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Farr, Dr. W., F.R.S. 

 Foster, Professor G. C, F.R.S. 

 Froude, W., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Glaisher, J. W. L., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Heywood, J., Esq., F.R.S. 

 HuGGTNS, W., Esq., F.R.S. 



Lefevre, George Shaw, Esq., M.P. 

 Maskelyne, Professor N. S., F.R.S. 

 Newton, Professor A., F.R.S. 

 Ommanney, Admiral Sir E., C.B., F.R.S. 

 Pengelly, W., Esq., F.R.S. 

 Prestwich, Professor J., F.R.S. 

 Rayleigh, Lord, F.R.S. 

 Rolleston, Professor G., F.R.S. 

 Roscoe, Professor H. E., F.R.S. 

 Russell, Dr. W. J., F.R.S. 

 Sanderson, Prof. J. S. Burdon, F.R.S. 

 Smyth, Wartngton W., Esq., F.R.S. 



GENERAL SECRETARIES. 

 Capt. Douglas Galton, C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., 12 Chester Street, Grosvenor Place, London, S.W. 

 PHnjp Lutley Sclater, Esq., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., 11 Hanover Square, London, W. 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 

 J. E. H. Gordon, Esq., B.A. 



GENERAL TREASURER. 

 Professor A. W. Williamson, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., University College, London, W.C. 



EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 

 The Trustees, the President and President Elect, the Presidents of former years, the Vice-Presidents and 

 Vice-Presidents Elect, the General Secretaries for the present and former years, the late Assistant 

 General Secretary, the General Treasurers for the present and former years, and the Local Treasurer and 

 Secretaries lor the ensuing Meeting. 



TRUSTEES (PERMANENT). 



General Sir Edward Sabine, K.C.B., R.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. 

 Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



PRESIDENTS OF FORMER YEARS. 



The Duke of Devonshire. 

 The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D. 

 Sir G. B. Airj', Astronomer Royal. 

 General Sir E. Sabine, K.C.B. 

 The Earl of Harrowby. 

 The Duke of Argyll. 

 The Rev. H. Lloyd, D.D. 



Richard Owen, M.D., D.C.L. 

 Sir W. G. Armstrong, C.B., LL.D. 

 Sir William R. Grove, F.R.S. 

 The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 

 Sir Joseph D. Hooker, D.C.L. 

 Professor Stokes, M.A., D.C.L. 

 Prof. Huxley, LL.D., Sec. R.S. 



Prof. Sir Wm. Thomson, D.C.L. 

 Dr. Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S. 

 Prof. Williamson, Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 Prof. Tyndall, D.C.L., F.R.S. 

 Sir John Hawkshaw, C.E., F.R.S. 

 Prof. T. Andrews, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Prof. Allen Thomson, F.R.S. 



F. Galton, Esq., F.R.S. 

 Dr. T. A. Hirst, F.R.S. 



GENERAL OFFICERS OF FORMER YEARS. 



Dr. Michafil Foster, F.R.S. 

 | George Griffith, Esq., MA. 



Gen. Sir E. Sabine, K.C.B., F.R.S. 

 W. Spottiswoode, Esq., F.R.S. 



AUDITORS. 

 Warren De La Rue, Esq., F.R.S. | Professor W. H. Flower, F.R.S. 



Professor G. C. Foster, F.R.S. 



