APPENDIX— PROCEEDINGS OF STATUTORY MEETINGS. 697 



HUNDRED AND FIRST SESSION. 



Monday, 2Qth November 1883. 



At a General Statutory Meeting, Thomas Stevenson, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair, 

 the Minutes of last General Statutory Meeting of 27th November 1882 were read, approved, 

 and signed. 



The Ballot for the new Council was then taken, Professors Swan and Duns being 

 requested to act as Scrutineers. The following Council was unanimously elected : — 



The Right Hon. Lord Moncreiff, President. 

 Professor H. C. Flebming Jenkin, F.R.S. 

 The Eev. W. Lindsay Alexander, D.D. 

 Thomas Stevenson, Esq., M.Inst. C.E. 



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Robert Gray, Esq., Sec. Roy. Phys. Soc. 



A. Forbes Irvine, Esq. of Drum. 



Edward Sang, LL.D. 



Professor Tait, M.A., General Secretary. 



Professor Turner, F.R.S. ) 



Professor Crum Brown, F.R.S. } Secretaries to 0rdi " ar y Meetin § s - 



Adam Gillies Smith, Esq., C.A., Treasurer. 



Alexander Buchan, Esq., M.A, Curator of Library and Museum. 



COUNCILLORS. 



The Rev. Professor Duns. The Rev. Dr W. Robertson Smith. 



Dr Ramsay Traquair. Stair Agnew, Esq. 



John Murray, Esq., Director of "Challenger" Professor Douglas Maclagan, M.D. 



Commission. The Hon. Lord Maclarbn. 



William Ferguson, Esq. of Kinmundy. The Rev. Professor Flint, D.D. 



Professor Cossar Ewart, M.D. Professor T. R. Fraser, M.D. 

 Professor Jambs Geikie, F.R.S. 



The Treasurer's Accounts, duly vouched, were laid on the Table. 



The Auditor's Report was read and approved. 



On the motion of Professor Crum Brown, the Auditor was reappointed. 



The General Secretary presented an Agreement by the Scottish Meteorological Society, 

 binding that body to relieve the Royal Society from all pecuniary and other claims connected 

 with the Observatory Site on Ben Nevis. It was moved by Mr Ferguson, seconded by 

 Sheriff Irvine, and carried unanimously, That the Secretary be empowered to sign the 

 Agreement on behalf of the Society. 



On the motion of Mr Young, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman. 



