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Vol. II. DECEMBER, 1867. No. 11. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
Thursday, December 5th, 1867. — Mr. Thomas Pease, F.G.S., 
Vice-President, in the chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. Leipner, read the minutes of the last 
meeting, which were confirmed, and announced that Rev. Frederick 
Armitage, of Clifton Park, had been elected an ordinary member ; also 
that Dr. Martyn had presented "Carpenter's Human Physiology," to 
the Society's Library. 
He then said that he was sure the Society would learn with regret, that 
their Honorary Reporting Secretary, Mr. Wm. Lant Carpenter, had felt 
obliged to send in his resignation, on account of the pressure of business 
engagements. The Council had unanimously passed the following 
resolution :— 
" That the best thanks of the Council be given to Mr. Carpenter for 
his valuable services to the Society as their Reporting Secretary, and the 
Council wish at the same time to express to Mr. Carpenter, their extreme 
regret at his resignation." 
Mr. H. K. Jordan, F.G.S., begged permission to give expression to 
the sense entertained by the Society of the assiduity and interest always 
shown by Mr. Carpenter in its affairs, and to propose a vote of thanks to 
him from the Society generally. 
The motion having been seconded, 
Mr. W. L. Carpenter rose, and after thanking the Society for the 
confidence so long displayed in him, and for the votes just passed in 
