PSOCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
VOL. XIX. 
1891-92. 
The 109th Session. 
GENERAL STATUTORY MEETING, 
Monday, 2’^rd November 1891. 
The following Council were elected: — 
President. 
Sir DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 
Vice-Presidents. 
Rev. Professor Flint, D.D. | Sir Arthur Mitchell, K.C.B., LL.D. 
Professor Chrystal, LL.D. I A. Forbes Irvine, Esq. of Dram, 
Thomas Muir, Esq., LL.D. | LL.D. 
Sir William Turner, M.B., F.R.S. 
General Secretary — Professor P. G. Tait. 
Secretaries to Ordinary Meetings. 
Professor Crum Brown, F.R.S. 
John Murray, Esq., LL.D. 
Treasurer— A.T) AM Gillies Smith, Esq., C.A. 
Curator of Library and Museum — Alexander Buchan, Esq. , M. A. , LL. D. 
Ordinary Members of Council. 
Professor W. H. Perkin, Ph.D., 
F.R.S. 
A. Beatson Bell, Esq., Advocate. 
The Rt. Hon. Lord Kingsburgh, 
C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Alexander Bruce, M.A., M.D. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. 
Dr Byrom Bramwell, F. R. C. P. E. 
Robert Kidst 
Professor Copeland, Astronomer- 
Royal for Scotland. 
Hon. Lord Maclaren, LL.D., 
F.R.A.S. 
Professor Rutherford, F.R.C.P.E., 
F.R.S. 
Stair Agnew, Esq., C.B. 
Rev. J. Sutherland Black, M.A. 
r. Esq., F.G.S. 
By a Resolution of the Society (19th January 1880), the following Hon. 
Vice-Presidents, having filled the office of President, are also Members of the 
Council : — 
His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLL, K.G., K.T., LL.D., D.C.L. 
The Right Hon. LORD MONCREIFF of Tulliebole, LL.D. 
Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, LL.D., D.C.L., P.R.S., Foreign Associate of 
the Institute of France. 
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