PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
vol. x. 1879-80. No. 105. 
Ninety-Seventh Session. 
GENERAL STATUTORY MEETING. 
Monday, 24 th November 1879. 
DAVID STEVENSON, Esq., M.I.C.E., in the Chair. 
The following Council were elected 
President. 
The Right Hon. Lord MONCREIFF. 
Vice-Presidents. 
The Right Rev. Bishop Cotterill. 
Principal Sir Alex. Grant, Bart. 
David Milne Home, LL.D. 
Sir C. Wyville Thomson, LL.D. 
Prof. Douglas Maclagan, M.D. 
Prof. H. 0 . Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S 
General Secretary — Professor Tait. 
Secretaries to Ordinary Meetings. 
Professor Turner. 
Professor Crum Brown. 
Treasurer — David Smith, Esq. 
Curator of Library and Museum — Alexander Buchan, M. A 
Councillors. 
Professor Rutherford. 
Dr R. M. Ferguson. 
Rev. W. Lindsay Alexander, D.D. 
Dr Thomas A. G. Balfour. 
J. Y. Buchanan, M.A. 
Rev. Thomas Brown. 
Robert Gray, Esq. 
Dr William Robertson. 
Professor Campbell Fraser. 
Professor Geikie. 
Rev. Dr Cazenove. 
David Stevenson, Mem. Inst. C.E, 
The following are ex officio Vice-Presidents, having filled the office of 
President 
His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL, K.T., D.C.L. 
Sir ROBERT CHRISTISON, Bart., M.D., D.C.L. 
Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, Knt., LL.D. 
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