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PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL MEETING 
Beginning the 134th Session, 1916-1917. 
At the Annual Statutory Meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, held in the Society’s 
Lecture Room, 24 George Street, on Monday, October 23, 1916, at 4.30 p.m. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Statutory Meeting, October 25, 1915, were read, approved, and signed. 
Dr Clark Trotter signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
The President nominated as Scrutineers of the Voting Paper, Lord Salvesen and Professor 
MacKinnon. 
The ballot for the election of Office-Bearers and Members of Council was then taken. 
The Treasurer submitted his Report for the preceding Session, drawing special attention to 
the depreciation in value of the Society’s investments. 
On the motion of Sir E. A. Schafer the Treasurer’s Report was adopted. 
The Secretary moved that Messrs Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane, C.A., be reappointed 
auditors for the ensuing session. This was agreed to. 
The Scrutineers reported that the Balloting Papers had all been in order, and the following 
Council had been duly elected : — 
John Horne, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 
Benjamin N. Peach, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. , 
Professor Sir E. A. Schafer, M.R.C.S., LL.D., F.R.S., 
The Right Hon. Sir J. H. A. Macdonald, P.C., 
G.C.B., K.C., LL.D., D.L., F.R.S., M.I.E.E., 
Professor R. A. Sampson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., 
Professor D’Arcy Thompson, C.B., B.A., F. R.S., 
Professor James Walker, D.Sc., Ph.D. , LL.D., F.R.S. ,J 
Cargill G. Knott, D.Sc., LL.D., General Secretary. 
Professor Arthur Robinson, M.D., M.R.C. S., ) Secretaries to Ordinary 
Professor E. T. Whittaker, Sc.D., F.R.S. , / Meetings. 
James Currie, M.A., Treasurer. 
A. Crichton Mitchell, D.Sc., Hon. D.Sc. (Geneva), Curator of Library and Museum. 
Vice-Presidents. 
ORDINARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
W. B. Blaikie, LL.D. 
Principal 0. C. Bradley, M.D., D.Sc. 
R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc. 
W. A. Tait, D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. 
J. H. Ashworth, D.Sc. 
Professor 0. G. Barkla, D.Sc., F.R.S. 
Professor C. R. Marshall, M.A., M.D. 
Society’s Representative on ) 
George Heriot's Trust, J 
John S. Black, M.A., LL.D. 
Sir George A. Berry, M.D., C.M., F.R.C.S. 
John S. Flett, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Professor Magnus Maclean, M.A., D.Sc., 
M.Inst.C.E. 
Professor David Waterston, M.A., M.D., 
F. R.C.S.E. 
Allan Carter, M.Inst.C.E. 
The President, in the name of the Society, thanked the Scrutineers for their Report. 
The Secretary announced that Messrs. Stewart and Beaton, the Librarians, were still on 
active service, and the work of the Library was being efficiently carried on by Miss Le Harivel. 
