REPORT OF COUNCIL. .5 



President— David Moore, Ph. D., F. L. S., M. B. I. A. 



Vice-Presidents — William Andrews, M. E. I. A., F. E. G. 8. 1. ; 

 Eobert Callwell, M. E. I. A., Y. P. E. G. S. I. ; Alexander Carte, M. D., 

 F. E. C. S. L, F. L. S., M. E. I. A., F. E. G. S. I. ; C. P. Croker, M. D., 

 M.E.I.A, M.B.S.Edin. 



Council— H. M. Barton, F. E. G. S. I. ; Edward H. Bennett, M. D., 

 M. C, F. E. C. S. I. ; George Dixon, F. E. G. S. I.; Eichard L. Edgeworth, 

 M. B. ; Arthur Wynne Foot, M. B., L. E. C. S. I., L. K. Q. C. P. ; John 

 Good, F.E. G. S. I. ; Eev. Samuel Haughton, M. D., F. T. C. D., F. E. S., 

 M. E. I. A., V. P. E. G. S. I. ; Archibald H. Jacob, M. D., L. E. C. S. I. ; 

 Maziere Johnston; Joseph Beete Jukes, Director G. S. L, F. E. S., 

 M.E.I.A. ; John J. Lalor; Wm. Maziere ; Gilbert Sanders, M. E. I. A., 

 F. E. G. S. I. 



Honorary Treasurer— E. P. Williams, M. E. I. A., F. E. G. S. I. 



Honorary Director oe Museum — Eobert J. Montgomery. 



Honorary Secretaries — Eobert M'Donnell, M. D., F.E.C.S. I., 

 F. E.S., M. E. I. A. ; William Archer. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members of the 

 Society : — 



Francis John Howard, Esq., Kenilworth-square, Eathgar; Alder- 

 man James W. Mackey, J. P., Clonsilla House, Clonsilla ; Joseph H. 

 Woodworth, Esq., 17, Shaw-street. 



The Eev. S. Haughton, M. D., ex-President, before vacating the 

 Chair, briefly expressed his thanks for the honour, as he felt it, which 

 had been done him by having been elected to the Chair, and for the 

 support which had been so kindly accorded to him during his year of 

 office. He took occasion to congratulate the Society on having made 

 choice for a President for the ensuing year of a gentleman so distin- 

 guished in botanical science as Dr. Moore, and in every way so deserv- 

 ing of the compliment ; and it should be his own aim, in the ranks of the 

 Council, as before, to further the interests of the Society in every way 

 he could, and to accord his best support to his successor in the office of 

 President. 



Dr. Haughton then left the Chair, which was thereupon taken by 

 the newly elected President, 



Dr. David Moore, F. L. S., M. E. I. A. 



Mr. Andrews, V. P., then proposed a vote of thanks to the Eev. 

 Dr. Haughton, ex- President, for his attention to the interests of the 

 Society during his occupancy of the Chair, and for the tact and judg- 

 ment with which he had fulfilled the duties of his position. He also 

 congratulated the Society on its choice of the President for the coming 

 Session. 



Dr. E. Perceval Wright, F. L. S., had great pleasure in seconding 

 the vote of thanks to Dr. Haughton ; expressing his gratification that 



