THE 



PEOCEEDINGS 



OF 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



November 21, 1872. 

 Sir JAMES PAGET, Bart., D.C.L., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice was given from the Chair of the 

 ensuing Anniversary Meeting, and the list of Officers and Council pro- 

 posed for election was read as follows : — 



President.— Sir George Biddell Airy, K.C.B., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 (Astronomer Eoyal). 



Treasurer. — "William Spottiswoode, M.A. 



Secretaries.— j Pro£ - Geor S e Gabriel Stokes ' M ' A " D ' C - L " LLJX 

 1 Prof. Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. 



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



Other Members of the Council. — George James Allman, M.D. ; Sir B. C. 

 Brodie, Bart, M.A., D.C.L. ; George Busk, E.E.C.S. ; Prof. Eobert Bel- 

 lamy Clifton, M.A. ; James Eergusson, D.C.L. ; Thomas Archer Hirst, 

 Ph.D.; J. Dalton Hooker, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D.; Joseph Prestwich, E.G.S. ; 

 Eear- Admiral G. H. Bichards, C.B. ; Prof. H. Enfield Boscoe, B.A., 

 Ph.D. ; Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A. ; William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. ; 

 Erancis Sibson, M.D. ; Major-Gen. K. Strachey, B.E., C.S.I. ; Isaac 

 Todhunter, M.A. ; Sir Charles Wheatstone, D.C.L. 



Mr. Abel, Mr. J. Evans, Mr. Hanbury, Mr. Mallet, and Mr. Scott 

 having been nominated by the President, were elected by ballot Auditors 

 of the Treasurers Accounts on the part of the Society. 



The Bev. Thomas Hincks and Prof. T. Eupert Jones were admitted 

 into the Society. 



The Presents received were laid on the Table, and thanks ordered for 

 them. 



. The following communications were read : — 



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