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Anniversary Meeting. 



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On the motion of Sir Charles Lyell, seconded by Sir Thomas Watson, 

 it was resolved, — " That the thanks of the Society be returned to the 

 President for his Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be 

 printed." 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers having been 



read, and Sir Edwin Pearson and Mr. Erasmus Wilson having been, with 



the consent of the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes of the Fellows 



present were collected, and the following were declared duly elected as 



Council and Officers for the ensuing year ; — 



President. — Lieut. -General Sabine, R.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Treasurer.— William Allen Miller, M.I)., D.C.L., LL.D. 



e, , • /William Sharper, M.D., LL.D. 



secretaries. j GeQTge Gabriel Stokes, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof. William Hallows Miller, M.A., LL.D. 

 Other Members of the Council. — Frederick Augustus Abel, Esq. ; 

 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., M.A. ; William Benjamin Carpenter, 

 M.D. ; J. Lockhart Clarke, Esq. ; Frederick Currey, E q., M.A. ; Warren 

 De La Rue, Esq., Ph.D. ; Sir William Fergussqn, Bart. ; William Henry 

 Flower, Esq. ; Capt. Douglas Galton, C.B. ; John Peter Gassiot, Esq. ; 

 John Hawkshaw, Esq. ; John Marshall, Esq. • Joseph Prestwich, Esq. ; 

 George Henry Richards, Capt. R.N. ; Archibald Smith, Esq., M.A. ; 

 Lieut. -Col. Alexander Strange. 



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