PROCEEDINGS 



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THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



November 19, 1863. 



Major-General SABINE, President, in the Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting for the election of Council and Officers was given from the 

 Chair. 



The President stated that Captain L. L. B. Ibbetson, who by reason 

 of non-payment of his annual contribution ceased to be a Fellow of the 

 Society at the last Anniversary, had appHed for readmission ; and an 

 extract from his letter to the Council was read, explaining the circum- 

 stances under which, during his absence on the Continent, the omission of 

 payment had taken place. Notice was accordingly given that the question 

 of Captain Ibbetson's readmission would be put to the ballot at the next 

 Meeting. 



William Crookes, Esq. ; Frederick Field, Esq. ; and John Russell Hind, 

 Esq., were admitted into the Society. 



Dr. Alderson, Mr. Busk, Dr. Gladstone, Professor Pole, and Mr. Archi- 

 bald Smith, having been nominated by the President, were elected by 

 ballot Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts on the part of the Society. 



The following communications were read :— 



I. " On Mauve or Aniline-Purple.'' By W. H. Perkin, Esq. (See 

 vol. xii. p. 713.) 



II. " Notes of Besearches on the Intimate Structure of the Brain.'' 

 — Third Series. By J. Lockhart Clarke, Esq., F.R.S. (See 

 vol. xii. p. 716.) 

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