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believe that he felt very grateful for the honour they had conferred on him. 
It was an honour to which every one in the Society might fairly aspire, 
and be glad to attain ; it was an honour very gratifying to him, and it in- 
volved duties which were very agreeable at the same time, viz., to attend the 
meetings regularly, to be the organ of returning thanks to the contributors, 
and to preserve order at the meetings. He would ask the younger members 
of the Society to observe this circumstance, and to perceive that one with no 
pretensions to high scientific attainments or great intellectual powers, was 
nevertheless recognised, because during a long career he had endeavoured 
to promote every scientific object going on in the city, and had encouraged 
every scientific Society that had been established. He had met with his 
reward, and he acknowledged it, and would remind any of the younger 
members of the Society, that though they had no higher attainments than 
the present President, yet that if they worked on diligently and constantly 
with a view to be useful, and to promote science, the time would come 
when they would certainly receive the same reward as he now received. 
The ballot was next taken for two Vice-Presidents, which resulted in the 
re-election of the Rev. Canon Moseley and Mr. T. Pease ; and Dr. Beddoe, 
Mr. S. H. Swayne, and Mr. C. O. Groom-Napier were elected to fill the 
vacancies in the Council caused by the retirement of three members, in 
accordance with Rule III. of the Society. 
Mr. C. O. Groom-Napier then submitted the following resolution : 
"That the thanks of the Society are due to its officers, and the members 
of the Council, for their management of the Society's affairs." It appeared 
to him, he said, that his resolution had been partly included in the one 
moved by Mr. Swayne. But he thought the Society would feel with him 
that their thanks were doubly due to those who had so well discharged the 
affairs of the Society, and also to the Council for their attendance, atten- 
tion, and management. He could only cordially express feelings similar to 
those of Mr. Jordan and Mr. Swayne, in regard to the great services which 
the officers and members of the Council had performed for the good of 
the Society (hear, hear). 
Major Tubby seconded the motion, and it was most cordially accepted 
by the meeting. 
The President said the officers of the Society had really done the 
hard work. Two of them were present, and ought certainly to be expected 
to acknowledge the vote. But perhaps they might prefer that he, as Pre- 
sident of the Society, should return thanks on their behalf, and that would 
enable him to pass over any part of the compliment that belonged to him, 
entirely to them. He therefore thanked them on their behalf, and wished 
to say that thanks were really due to them. 
Mr. A. Leipner, Hon. Sec, wished to say a word or two in reference 
to the vote of thanks that had been so kindly passed to the officers of the 
Society. He might say that it had been a source of very great encourage- 
