1887 .] 
The Chairman’ s Address. 
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Mr James Pringle, who at the time of his death was Provost of 
Leith, received his education at the High School of Edinburgh, and 
was distinguished by his aptitude for classics. During his long 
connection with Leith he took a prominent part in promoting all 
its interests, and as chief magistrate rendered important services to 
the town. 
Dr William Brown, who died in January last, was, I believe, the 
oldest member of this Society, having been admitted in 1835. He 
had filled the office of President of the Eoyal College of Surgeons, 
and enjoyed a high reputation as a consulting physician. 
Dr Butherford Haldane, LL.D., was one of the most respected 
members of the medical profession in Edinburgh. After leaving 
our University he went abroad, for further study, to Vienna and 
Paris, spending eighteen months in the French capital. He became 
successively a lecturer on Pathology and on the Practice of Medicine 
in the Extra-Mural School. By his professional brethren he was 
regarded as an authority on all medical questions. He was a man 
of great learning; and his early death cannot fail to be much 
regretted by the Society. 
The Eev. Francis Le Grix White, although, from residence at a 
distance from Edinburgh, personally but little known to many of 
us, kept up correspondence with the Society, was a man of varied 
accomplishments, and took an active part in organising scientific 
lectures in Cumberland and Westmoreland. He also promoted 
everything which tended to elevate those classes over whom his 
influence extended. 
It only now remains for me to acknowledge the valuable help 
which I have received in the preparation of these notes from our 
friend Mr Gordon. 
16. Minute of Meeting of Special Committee on the 
Victoria Jubilee Prize, 27th June 1887. 
Victoria Jubilee Prize, founded by Dr Gunning of Eio Janeiro 
This Prize, founded in 1887, consisting of the interest of £1000, 
is to be awarded triennially by the Council of the Eoyal Society of 
Edinburgh. 
