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The following 0/Bcers for the ensuing year were then elected : — Mr. Stainton, 

 President ; Mr. S. Stevens, Treasurer; Messrs. Shepherd and Dunning, Secretaries; 

 Mr. Janson, Librarian. 



The retiri'ng President delivered an elaborate Address, at the conclusion of which 

 a vote of thanks to Mr. Smith for his uniformly courteous conduct in the chair, and 

 for his constant attention to the affairs of the Society during his biennial Presidency, 

 was carried by acclamation. The vote was accompanied by a request that the Address 

 might be printed in the ' Journal of Proceedings.' 



The President returned thanks ; and a complimentary vote to the other Officers 

 and Members of Council for 1863 was subsequently carried and duly acknowledged. 



