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essays, I cannot allow the opportunity to pass without expressing my grate- 

 ful acknowledgments to the Society." 



The President announced that, according to Rule 7, the following 

 Gentlemen had been elected Ordinary Members of the Society by the 

 Council during the recess : — 



H. M. Percival, Esq., proposed by 0. H. Tawney, Esq., seconded by 

 A. W. Croft, Esq. 



Chr. J. Bandow, Esq., proposed by Dr. A. P. R. Hoernle, seconded by 

 Dr. H. W. M'Cann. 



These elections were confirmed by the meeting. 



The Secketaby reported that since the last meeting in August, the 

 following Gentlemen had intimated their desire to withdraw from the 

 Society : — 



Dr. D. B. Smith, H. K. W. Arnold, Esq., 

 and that the elections of the following Gentlemen had been cancelled 

 under Rule 9, as they had not paid their admission fee and first quarter's 

 subscription : — 



R. 0. Lees, Esq., proposed by L. Schwendler, Esq. 



Babu Peary Mohan Guha, proposed by Babu Adharlal Sen. 



Babu Trailokyanath Mitra, proposed by Babu Adharlal Sen. 



The following Gentleman duly proposed and seconded at the Septem- 

 ber meeting of the Council was elected an Ordinary Member : — 



L. de Niceville, Esq., proposed by H. B. Medlicott, Esq., seconded by 

 Dr. J. Anderson. 



The following Gentlemen are candidates for ballot at the next meeting : 



R. Logan, Esq., proposed by Hon. H. J. Reynolds, seconded by J. 

 Westland, Esq. 



J. J. Monteath, Esq., M. D., proposed by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., 

 seconded by Dr. D. D. Cunningham. 



The Council reported that, in consequence of the deaths of Sir John 

 Philippart, the Count de Noe, Professor Isaac Lea, Colonel W. Munro, and 

 Sir J. W. Colvile, there were five vacancies in the list of Honorary Members, 

 and recommended to the Society the four following gentlemen for election 

 as Honorary Members at the next meeting : — 



Dr. William Wright, Professor of Arabic in the University of Cam- 

 bridge, on account of his distinguished services to Arabic scholarship. 



Dr. Rudolph v. Roth, Professor of Sanskrit in the University of 

 Tubingen, for his services to Sanskrit scholarship, especially in co-editing 

 the St. Petersburg Sanskrit Dictionary and the Atharva Veda Sanhita. 



Sir William Thomson, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University 

 of Glasgow, and Hermann L. F. Helmholtz, Professor of Physics in the 



