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rnOCKIsiUlNUS Dtr TIIK 



June Ji), 18:i8. 



SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Tliis was convened, conformiibly to the provisions rnnde by 

 ihc Laws, for llie purpo.se of t U'ctiiii;- a I'residciit in Ihe room 

 of 'J'liouias Andrew Knii;ljt, lvs(|. deceased, and for filling up the 

 vaeanev thus occasioned in tl»e Council. 



The eliair was taken by II. Morcton Dyer, Esq. Vice-President. 



The lollowing resolutions put by the Rev. Edwin Prodgers, and 

 seconded I)y the Secretary, were carried unanimously. 



" That this jNleeting deei)ly deplore the loss the Society has 

 .•sustained by the death of their late President Thomas Andrew 

 Kniirljt, Esq. an individual not less distinguished for his private 

 wortl), than for his public usefulness, whose memory from the 

 urbanity of his manners, the kindness of his disposition, his at- 

 tadiment to science generally, and more especially to that branch 

 jjatronized by this Society will be long cherished, as his decease 

 is sincerely lamented." 



" That this expression of sympathy and condolence be com- 

 municated to his wife and family." 



'J'he Cliairmain then announced on the part of the Council, that 

 it had been determined to recommend as the new President of 

 the Society, the Most Noble William Spencer Cavendish, Duke 

 of Devonshire, and as a nev/ member of the Council, Sir Philip 

 de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M. P. 



At the close of the Ballot the office of Scrutineers was under- 

 taken by the Rt. Hon. W. Sturges Bourne, Sir Oswald Mosley, 

 Bart, and Wm. Harrison, Esq , who reported that the election 

 had unanimously fallen upon 



His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, as President 3 

 and 



Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, Bart., as a new Member of the 

 Council. 



