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The following noblemen and gentlemen were re-elected as 
the officers and council of the Society for the ensuing year : — 
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THE EARL HE GREY AND RIPON. 
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The Duke of Leeds. 
The Earl of Effingham. 
The Earl of Harewood. 
The Earl of Dartmouth. 
Earl Fitzwilliam. 
Lord Wharncliffe. 
Lord Londesborough. 
Viscount Galway. 
Viscount Milton, M.P. 
Viscount Halifax. 
Edward Akroyd, Esq., M.P. 
John Waterhouse, Esq., E.R.S. 
W. B. Beaumont, Esq., M.P. 
E. B. Denison, Esq. 
Lord Houghton. 
J. Spencer Stanhope, Esq. 
J. Garth Marshall, Esq. 
Thomas Wilson, Esq., M.A. 
Henry Briggs, -Esq. 
Dr. Wm. Alexander. 
H. C. Sorby, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
Henry Holt, Esq., O.E. 
Bentley Shaw, Esq. 
T. P. Teale, Esq., F.R.S. 
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Richard Carter, Esq., C.E. 
T. W. Embleton, Esq. 
Rev. Dr. Burnett. 
Dr. Scholefield. 
Wm. Chadwick, Esq. 
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Wm. Sykes Ward, Esq., F.C.S. 
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Henry Denny, Esq., A.L.S. 
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J. G. Marshall, Esq., F.G.S. | T. W. Embleton, Esq. 
H. C. Sorby, Esq., Sheffield. 
Henry Briggs, Esq., Wakefield. 
Dr. Alexander, Halifax. 
Dr. Scholefield, Doncaster. 
Bentley Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield. 
Richard Carter, Esq., Barnsley. 
Rev. Dr. Burnett, Bradford. 
Dr. Paley, Ripon. 
The Chairman, having briefly addressed the meeting, and 
read letters from the Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, 
the President, and Lord Londesborough, one of the Vice- 
presidents, regretting their inability to preside in conse- 
quence of other public engagements, called upon Mr. Ffooks 
to read the first Paper 
