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retire, and to consent to serve for another year, but as such had not 
unfortunately been the case, he (Lieutenant-Colonel Thuillier) had 
reluctantly yielded to the wish of those who had so kindly proposed, 
and voted for him. 
For himself he would beg to assure the Society that, deeply 
sensible as he was of his own short-comings and unfitness for such a 
post, he could only endeavour by every means in his power to make 
up by perseverance and zeal, what he lacked in other respects, and he 
trusted with the co-operation and support of the Council, that when 
he laid down the tenure of his office at the end of the year, it might 
be found that the interests of the Society had not materially suffered. 
The meeting might depend on his using every exertion to maintain 
the prosperity and name of the Society. 
It was now his duty to remind the meeting of the valuable services 
they had lost by the retirement of their late President, and to pro- 
pose for their acceptance a resolution expressive of their regret at his 
secession and hearty thanks for the constant attention and devotion 
to the interests and business of the Society which Mr. Grote had, 
for the past four years rendered with so much advantage and, he 
believed, credit to the Society. Mr. Grote’s services both in and out 
of that chair were well known to them all, but more particularly to 
the Council who had better opportunities of becoming acquainted 
with all he did here, as well as in his correspondence with scientific 
men and Societies in Europe, in the furtherance of the objects and 
interests of the Society. He was sure they all appreciated the good 
services of their late President, and he therefore had great pleasure 
in proposing a resolution embodying this feeling for record in their 
proceedings. It was a matter of congratulation that they were still 
to retain Mr. Grote as a Vice-President of the Society. 
Colonel Thuillier then proposed the following resolution :— 
That this meeting desire to record their deep sense of the valuable . 
and unwearied services of Mr. Grote during the four years that he 
has served the office of President, and their great regret at his retire- 
ment from a post which he had occupied with so much advantage to 
the Society. 
Babi Rajendra L4l Mitra seconded the motion, which was then 
put and unanimously adopted. 
The meeting then resolved itself into an ordinary general meeting, 
