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attempt would lcavo much unrecorded, whilo if it embraced all that 

 could bo said it would inevitably bo treated by some as dictated by wbat 

 is sometimes called tho " partiality of friendship." Moreover, I feel that 

 a single sentence sums up tbat which best expresses what I mean. Dr. 

 Millar was a typically genuine man. In all that ho said or that he did, 

 wo knew that he was saying and doing exactly what ho seemed to say 

 and do ;— that there was nothing behind, nothing to be read between tho 

 lines, nothing suggested by any selfish or personal motive or desire. 

 Dr. Millar has been for more than thirty years a Fellow of this Society, 

 and for nearly thirty years a member of the Council. Although he was 

 a silent member, ho was unremitting in his attendance at the meetings, 

 and I can only recall two absences in the last ten years. His influence 

 was largely felt, however, in all the affairs of the Society, and I personally 

 am greatly indebted for the support which ho gave me at times when a 

 littlo encouragement was a very important matter and of very prac- 

 tical use. 



Nothing shows more clearly the impression which Dr. Millar made 

 upon those with whom he came into contact than the way they received 

 the news of his death. It occurred on the day of one of the meetings of 

 the Linnean Society, at which he was a constant attendant, and the 

 expressions heard on all sides proved a depth and earnestness of pathetic 

 feeling that is but rarely found — a feeling that is well recorded in 

 the letter which I received from the President of that Society (Mr. 

 Carruthers) on the day after the funeral, which, to my great sorrow, I 

 was unable to attend : " Yesterday I stood by the open grave of one of 

 the best friends and truest and most lovable men I have known — John 

 Millar, aged 69." 



I now beg to propose " that this Society desires to record the deep 

 sorrow with which they have heard of the death of Dr. John Millar, so 

 long a member of the Council, and who for more than thirty years has 

 taken such a lively interest in the affairs of the Society, and that the 

 secretaries be instructed to communicate this resolution to Dr. Millar's 

 family." 



Mr. Glaisher said that, as one of the oldest friends of Dr. Millar — 

 one who knew him even before he came to London — he rose to second 

 this resolution with great warmth of feeling. He agreed entirely 

 with every word which Mr. Crisp had used in reference to the matter, 

 and in which he had so well described what must indeed be felt by all to 

 whom Dr. Millar had been intimately known. 



The President felt sure that this resolution accorded so entirely with 

 the feeling of the meeting, that he might declare it to be unanimously 

 carried. 



The list of Fellows proposed as Council and Officers for the ensuing 

 year, as presented to the last meeting, was read as follows, the name of 

 Prof. Chas. Stewart being substituted for that of Dr. Millar : — 



President— * Charles T. Hudson, Esq., M.A., LL.D. (Cantab). 



Vice-Presidents— Eobert Braithwaite, Esq., M.D., M.K.C.S., F.L.S. ; 

 *Kev. W. H. Dallinger, LL.D., F.R.S. ; William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. ; 

 ♦Professor Charles Stewarf, M.R.C.S., F.L.S. 



Treasurer— Lionel S. Beale, Esq., M.B., F.E.C.P., F.B.S. 



* Have not held during the preceding year the office for which they are 

 nominated. 



