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The Reports having been read, it was Resolved : — 



That these Reports be received and entered on the Minutes of the 

 Meeting, and that such parts of them as the Council may think fit, be 

 printed and distributed among the Fellows of the Society, 



The President then stated that the Council had awarded to M. 

 Agassiz the proceeds of the WoUaston Fund for the past year, in order 

 to promote his important work on Fossil Fishes. 



It was next Resolved : — 



1. That the thanks of the Society be given to William Henry Fit- 

 ton, M.D. and the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, retiring from the office of 

 Vice-President. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to Francis Chan trey, 

 Esq. ; Viscount Cole, M.P. ; Earl FitzwiUiam ; Captain Pringle j and 

 William Somerville, M.D., retiring from the Council. 



The Meeting then proceeded to ballot for the Officers and Council 

 for the ensuing year ; and on the glasses being closed, the scrutineers 

 announced that the following gentlemen had been didy elected : — 



OFFICERS. 



PRESIDENT. 

 George Bellas Greenough, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



William John Broderip, Esq. B.A. F.R.S. & L.S. 

 Henry Thomas De la Beche, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. 

 Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. 

 Henry Warburton, Esq. M.P. F.R.S. 



SECRETARIES. 



Edward Turner, M.D. F.R.S. L. & E. Professor of Chemistry in the 



University of London. 

 William John Hamilton, Esq. 



FOREIGN SECRETARY. 

 Charles Lyell, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. 



TREASURER. 



John Taylor, Esq. F.R.S. 



