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had been transacted, a special general meeting was held, when the 

 President having stated, that the Lords Commissioners of his Ma- 

 jesty's Treasury had been pleased to transfer to this Society some of 

 the apartments in Somerset House, formerly used as the Lottery 

 Office, and lately in the possession of the Royal Society ; and that a 

 sum not less than 1000Z. would be required for preparing the said 

 apartments for the reception of the Society, and the removal of their 

 Library and Collections : — 



It was resolved unanimously, 



L On the motion of Davies Gilbert, Esq. M.P., Pres. R.S., se- 

 conded by Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P., — That the thanks of this 

 Society be given to the Right "Honourable the Lords Commissioners 

 of his Majesty's Treasury, for the grant which they have been pleased 

 to make to this Society, of apartments in Somerset House. 



II. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. Buckland, Professor of Geology 

 at Oxford, seconded by the Rev. A. Sedgwick, Woodwardian Pro- 

 fessor at Cambridge, — That the thanks of this Society be given to 

 Davies Gilbert, Esq. the President, and to the Council of the Royal 

 Society, for their aid and cooperation in obtaining from the Lords of 

 his Majesty's Treasury a grant of the apartments in Somerset House. 



III. On the motion of Robert Ferguson, Esq., seconded by Leo- 

 nard Horner, Esq., — That a Subscription be immediately entered 

 upon, to defray the expense of the necessary repairs in the apartments 

 recently granted to the Society in Somerset House, and of the re- 

 moval thereto. 



May 2. — At a special general meeting holden this day at one 

 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Member of the Council in the 

 room of Ashhurst Majendie, Esq.; and also for electing a Secretary 

 in the room of R. I. Murchison, Esq., and a Foreign Secretary in the 

 room of Henry Heuland, Esq., who had retired from their re- 

 spective offices ; 



It was resolved unanimously, 



I. That the thanks of this Society be given to Ashhurst Majendie, 

 Esq., retiring from the Council. 



II. That the thanks of this Society be given to Henry Heuland, 

 Esq., for his long services in the office of Foreign Secretary, and for 

 the high regard which he has always manifested for the welfare of the 

 Society. 



III. That the thanks of this Society be presented to R. I. Mur- 

 chison, Esq. on his retiring from the office of Secretary. 



A ballot having been held for electing a Member of Council in the 

 room of Ashhurst Majendie, Esq., the scrutineers reported that Dr. 

 Henry Burton was duly elected. 



A ballot having been held for electing a Secretary in the room of 

 R. I. Murchison, Esq., and a Foreign Secretary in the room of 

 Henry Heuland, Esq., the scrutineers reported that Dr. Burton was 

 elected Secretary ; and that R, I. Murchison, Esq., was elected Fo- 

 reign Secretary. 



