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also at the Meetings of the Council, in dealing with the various Papers 

 that were brought before him as President of that Society. He 

 begged to offer, on behalf of those present, a cordial vote of thanks. 

 ( Applause.) 



The Chairman thanked Mr. Ferguson for the very kind way in 

 which he had proposed the vote of thanks, and the Members for the 

 way in which they received it. He was very glad to hear the Secretary 

 report that they had a considerable number of Papers in hand, and 

 expected to have two or three good Meetings soon. 



The proceedings then came to a close. 



