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The Report having been read, it was Resolved : — 



1 . That this Report be received ; and that such parts of it as the 

 Council shall think fit, be printed and distributed among the Fel- 

 lows of the Society. 



2. That the thanks of the Society be given to William John 

 Broderip, Esq., and Davis Gilbert, Esq., retiring from the office of 

 Vice Presidents. 



3. That the thanks of the Society be given to Henry Thomas De 

 la Beche, Esq., retiring from the office of Secretary. 



4. That the thanks of the Society be given to Sir John Herschel, 

 K.C.H., Leonard Horner, Esq., Captain John Pringle, the Rev. J. 

 Honywood Randolph, Captain James Vetch, and Nicholas Vigors, 

 Esq., 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 duly elected : — 



OFFICERS. 



PRESIDENT. 

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



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Rev. William Buckland, D.D. V.P.R.S. F.L.S. Professor of Geology 



in the University of Oxford. 

 Rev. William Danief Conybeare, M.A. F.R.S. Instit. Reg. Soc. Paris. 



Corresp. 

 William Henry Fitton, M.D. F.R.S. & L.S. 

 Rev. Adam Sedgwick, M A. F.R.S. Woodwardian Professor in the 



University of Cambridge. 



SECRETARIES. 



William John Hamilton, Esq. 



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

 University of London. 



FOREIGN SECRETARY. 



Charles Lyell, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. & L.S. Professor of Geology in 

 King's College, London. 



TREASURER. 

 John Taylor, Esq. F.R.S. 



