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Of the Fellows of Session 1858-59, there have died 13 :■ 
Very Rev. Principal Lee. 
Professor Low. 
Right Hon. Earl of Minto. 
Dr Monro. 
Hon. Lord Murray. 
Sir James Ramsay, Bart. 
Alex. Adie, Esq. 
Dr W. P. Alison. 
Right Hon. Earl Cathcart. 
Dr Gillespie. 
Dr Mortimer Glover. 
Right Hon. Earl of Haddington. 
John Learmontb, Esq. of Dean. 
Died since the printing of this year’s list, 3 : — 1 
Dr James Andrew. 
Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 
Dr George Wilson. 
We have also lost the following Honorary Members, all of them 
men of the most distinguished eminence : — 
Baron Humboldt. 
Mr Hallam. 
Mr Robert Stephenson. 
The Fellows elected during Session 1858-59, are 10 : — - 
Dr John Brown Dr Lyon Playfair, C.B. 
Rev. John Duns. Prof. Richardson, Durham. 
Dr Fayrer. George Robertson, Esq., C.E. 
G. W. Hay, Esq. Robt. Russell, Esq. 
Lieut. John Hills. Wm. F. Skene, Esq. 
All of whom have been cheerfully welcomed among us; while some 
of them, I feel assured, will consent to take an active part in our 
proceedings, and lend their personal influence, as well as their names, 
to maintain the reputation and usefulness of the Society. 
I now proceed to advert to some of the business proceedings of 
the Society which deserve attention. During the past year the 
Gouncil have awarded two of the medals and prizes with which they 
are entrusted. 
I. The medal and prize founded by the liberality of our vener- 
able President Sir Thomas M. Brisbane, was in the first instance 
proposed by the Council to be given for a biographical notice of a 
Scotchman eminent in science. No satisfactory replies having been 
received to the programme of the Council, they were unwilling to 
delay much longer the application of the fund destined by the 
founder for the reward of scientific labour. They considered it 
would be creditable to the Society, and in conformity with the 
wishes of Sir Thomas Brisbane, to take the opportunity of the 
Meeting of the British Association in Aberdeen, to confer this 
