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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
vol. iv. 1857-58. No. 48. 
Seventy-Fifth Session. 
Monday , 23 d November 1857. 
Dr CHRISTISON, Y. P., in the Chair. 
The following Council were elected : — - 
President. 
Sir T. MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE, Bt., G.C.B. 
Vice-Presidents. 
Sir D. Brewster, K.H. 
Very Rev. Principal Lee. 
Right Rev. Bishop Terrot. 
Dr Christison. 
Dr Alison. 
Professor Kelland. 
General Secretary ,• — Professor Forees. 
Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings , — Dr Gregory, Dr Balfour. 
Treasurer, — J. T. Gibson- Craig, Esq. 
Curator of Library and Museum , — Dr Douglas Maclagan. 
Counsellors. 
Dr Maclagan. 
Wm. Swan, Esq. 
Dr Traill. 
Hon. Lord Neaves. 
Dr Thomas Anderson. 
Rev. Dr Hodson. 
VOL. IV. 
Robert Chambers, Esq. 
John Russell, Esq. 
John Hill Burton, Esq. 
David Stevenson, Esq. 
Wm. Thos. Thomson, Esq. 
Dr Allman. 
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