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that there should be an inducement to you to continue your 
labours, — I cannot say with increased zeal, — hut with zeal equal to 
that with which you have carried them on for the last few years, 
let me hope that the presentation of this medal may form a small 
part at least in such a motive. 
The President opened the Session with an Address on 
Stability of Steady Motion. 
The following statement respecting the Members of the 
Society was read by the President : — 
I. Honorary Fellows — 
Eoyal Personage, ...... 1 
British Subjects, ...... 20 
Foreign, 30 
Total Honorary Fellows, . , 51 
Foreign Honorary Fellows Deceased since Session 
1872-73: — Agassiz, Elie de Beaumont, 
Gluizot, Hansteen, Quetelet, and De la 
Kive, 6 
II. Non-resident Member under the Old Laws, . . 1 
III. Ordinary Fellows — 
Ordinary Fellows at November 1873, . . . 346 
New Fellows, 1873-74. — Dr John Anderson; W. 
F. Barrett, Esq.; Dr Joseph Bell; Thomas 
Muir, M.A.; Dr Benjamin Carrington; Dr 
John Chiene; William Durham, Esq.; William 
Ferguson, Esq. ; Dr Alexander Hunter; A. 
Forbes Irvine, Esq. ; Francis Jones, Esq. ; 
Dr E. A. Letts; James Napier, Esq.; T. B. 
Sprague, M.A. Cantab.; Dr R. H. Traquair; 
Dr J. Batty Tuke, 16 
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