﻿PROCEEDINGS, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Monday, 
  November 
  26, 
  1849. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  Statutory 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  Dr 
  Christison, 
  V.P., 
  in 
  the 
  Chair, 
  the 
  following 
  

   Office-Bearers 
  were 
  duly 
  elected 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Sir 
  T. 
  Makdougall 
  Brisbane, 
  Bart., 
  G.C.B., 
  G.C.H., 
  President. 
  

   Sir 
  D. 
  Brewster, 
  K.H., 
  \ 
  

  

  Very 
  Rev. 
  Principal 
  Lee, 
  

   Right 
  Rev. 
  Bishop 
  Terrot, 
  

   Dr 
  Christison, 
  

   Dr 
  Alison, 
  

   Hon. 
  Lord 
  Murray, 
  

   Professor 
  Forbes, 
  General 
  Secretary. 
  

   Dr 
  Gregory, 
  

  

  Vice-Presidents. 
  

  

  Secretaries 
  to 
  the 
  Ordinary 
  Meetings. 
  

   Professor 
  Smyth, 
  

  

  John 
  Russell, 
  Esq., 
  Treasurer. 
  

  

  Dr 
  Traill, 
  Curator 
  of 
  Library 
  and 
  Instruments. 
  

  

  John 
  Stark, 
  Esq., 
  Curator 
  of 
  Museum. 
  

  

  COUNSELLORS. 
  

  

  Sir 
  Wm. 
  Jardine, 
  Bart. 
  Sir 
  John 
  M'Neill, 
  G.C.B. 
  

  

  Rev. 
  Dr 
  J. 
  Robertson. 
  John 
  Cay, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Charles 
  Maclaren, 
  Esq. 
  Professor 
  Kelland. 
  

  

  J. 
  T. 
  Gibson-Craig, 
  Esq. 
  Very 
  Rev. 
  E. 
  B. 
  Ramsay. 
  

  

  James 
  Dalmahoy, 
  Esq. 
  Dr 
  J. 
  Y. 
  Simpson. 
  

  

  Dr 
  George 
  "Wilson. 
  James 
  Wilson, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Committee 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  audit 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  accounts 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  J. 
  T. 
  Gibson-Craig, 
  Esq. 
  John 
  Cay, 
  Esq. 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  The 
  Meeting 
  then 
  adjourned. 
  

  

  (Signed) 
  R. 
  Christison, 
  V.P. 
  

  

  Memorandum. 
  — 
  January 
  7, 
  1850. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  Ordinary 
  Meeting 
  of 
  this 
  date, 
  Sir 
  Thomas 
  

   M. 
  Brisbane, 
  Bart., 
  in 
  the 
  Chair, 
  the 
  Chairman 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  had 
  caused 
  to 
  be 
  

   prepared 
  a 
  Memorial 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  authorities, 
  expressive 
  of 
  a 
  desire 
  that 
  the 
  Trigonometri- 
  

   cal 
  Survey 
  should 
  now 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  Edinburghshire. 
  The 
  Memorial 
  was 
  read, 
  and, 
  on 
  

   the 
  motion 
  of 
  Dr 
  Fleming, 
  seconded 
  by 
  Mr 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Jordanhill, 
  was 
  unanimously 
  adopted, 
  

   and 
  ordered 
  to 
  be 
  transmitted 
  to 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Trigonometrical 
  Survey 
  of 
  Great 
  

   Britain. 
  

  

  