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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  STATUTORY 
  GENERAL 
  MEETINGS, 
  

  

  Memorandum. 
  — 
  February 
  18, 
  1850. 
  — 
  Of 
  this 
  date, 
  the 
  Council 
  reported 
  that, 
  having 
  

   been 
  requested 
  to 
  nominate 
  a 
  Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  Members 
  of 
  a 
  General 
  

   Committee 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  formed 
  for 
  the 
  furtherance 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Manufactures. 
  

   &c, 
  in 
  London, 
  in 
  1851, 
  they 
  had 
  named 
  Dr 
  Traill, 
  Professor 
  C. 
  Piazzi 
  Smyth, 
  and 
  Dr 
  

   George 
  Wilson. 
  Thereafter 
  Mr 
  Sheriff 
  Cay's 
  name 
  was 
  proposed 
  and 
  accepted 
  as 
  an 
  

   additional 
  Member 
  of 
  Committee. 
  

  

  Memorandum. 
  — 
  Monday, 
  March 
  4, 
  1850. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  Ordinary 
  Meeting 
  of 
  this 
  date, 
  the 
  

   following 
  motion, 
  of 
  which 
  notice 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  at 
  last 
  Meeting, 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Dr 
  Christison, 
  

   seconded 
  by 
  Dr 
  Traill, 
  and 
  unanimously 
  carried, 
  — 
  " 
  That 
  Edinburgh 
  having 
  been 
  fixed 
  

   upon 
  for 
  the 
  Twentieth 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  

   Science, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  place 
  in 
  August 
  next, 
  it 
  is 
  requisite 
  that 
  a 
  Subscription 
  be 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  set 
  on 
  foot 
  for 
  defraying 
  the 
  necessary 
  expenses 
  attendant 
  on 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  that 
  

   Body. 
  

  

  " 
  That 
  the 
  noblemen 
  and 
  gentlemen 
  of 
  Scotland 
  generally, 
  especially 
  those 
  resident 
  in 
  

   Edinburgh, 
  be 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  requested 
  to 
  enrol 
  their 
  names 
  as 
  subscribers 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  

   fund 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  hope 
  be 
  expressed 
  that 
  Public 
  Bodies 
  and 
  Chartered 
  Societies 
  will 
  be 
  in- 
  

   duced 
  to 
  contribute 
  their 
  aid, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  possess 
  the 
  means, 
  in 
  increasing 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  this 
  fund. 
  

  

  " 
  That 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  Edinburgh 
  having 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  channels 
  through 
  which 
  

   the 
  invitation 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  to 
  hold 
  its 
  Meeting 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  Edinburgh 
  was 
  

   conveyed, 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  commence 
  a 
  Subscription 
  among 
  its 
  own 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  shall 
  nomi- 
  

   nate 
  a 
  Committee 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  local 
  Office-Bearers 
  of 
  the 
  Association, 
  and 
  with 
  

   the 
  other 
  Public 
  Bodies 
  in 
  promoting 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Meetings. 
  

  

  " 
  That 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  £50 
  be 
  paid 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  

   Subscription, 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  be 
  specially 
  invited 
  to 
  contribute 
  

   individually 
  to 
  this 
  fund, 
  it 
  being 
  understood 
  that 
  no 
  donation 
  should 
  be 
  of 
  less 
  amount 
  than 
  

   One 
  Guinea." 
  

  

  Monday, 
  November 
  25, 
  1850. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  Statutory 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  Hon. 
  Lord 
  Murray, 
  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, 
  

  

  