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which Mr. Perkin has published, a series on the hydrides of salicyl 

 and their derivatives, may be specially referred to ; but among the 

 most prominent of his admirable investigations are those resulting 

 in the synthesis of conmarin, the odoriferous principle of the tonquin 

 bean and the sweet scented woodruff:, and of its homologues. 



The artificial production of glycocol and of tartaric acid by Mr. 

 Perkin conjointly with Mr. Duppa, afford other admirable examples 

 of synthetical research, which excited very great interest among 

 chemists at the time of their publication. 



It is seldom that an investigator of organic chemistry has extended 

 his researches over so wide a range as is the case with Mr. Perkin, 

 and his work has always commanded the admiration of chemists for 

 its accuracy and completeness, and for the originality of its con- 

 ception. 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers were 

 then read, and Prof. Francois de Chaumont and Dr. Gladstone having 

 been, with the consent of the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes 

 of the Fellows present were taken, and the following were declared 

 duly elected as Council and Officers for the ensuing year : — 



President. — William Spottiswoode, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Treasurer. — John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D. 



Secretaries [ P r °f essor George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



\ Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Professor Alexander W. Williamson, Ph.D., LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — George Bask, V.P.L.S. ; Professor 

 Arthur Cay ley, LL.D. ; Major- General Henry Clerk, R.A. ; Edwin 

 Dnnkin, F.R.A.S. ; Augustus G. Vernon Harcourt, F.C.S. ; Sir 

 Joseph Dalton Hooker, C.B., K.C.S.L ; John Whitaker Hulke, 

 F.R.C.S. ; Lieut.- General Sir J. Henry Lsfroy, C.B. ; William New- 

 march, Inst. Fr. Corr. ; Professor Alfred Newton, M.A., V.P.Z.S. ; 

 Professor William Odling, M.B., Y.P.C.S.; Sir James Paget, Bart., 

 D.C.L.; William Henry Perkin, Sec. C.S. ; Charles William Siemens, 

 D.C.L. ; John Simon, C.B., D.C.L. ; Professor John Tyndall, D.C.L., 

 LL.D. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Scrutators. 



