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of President. But to this Mr. Bell was unable to assent. Let them 
hope, however, that later he would grant the necessary permission, in 
which case he (the speaker) would gladly propose Mr. Bell as his suc- 
cessor in the President's Chair. 
7. Mr. Joseph announced that Mr. E. C. Proctor and Dr. David 
Rockwood had been elected Members since the last G-eneral Meeting. 
Mr. C. M. Fernando read the following Paper : — 
