PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
YOL. XXII. 
1897-98. 
The 115th Session. 
GENERAL STATUTORY MEETING. 
Monday , 22 nd November 1897. 
The following Council were elected : — 
President. 
The Right Hon. Lord KELVIN, G.C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. 
Vice-Presidents. 
The Hon. Lord M‘Laren, LL.D. 
The Rev. Professor Flint, D.D. 
Professor John G. M‘Kendrick, 
M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Professor George Chrystal, LL.D. 
Sir Arthur Mitchell, K.C.B. 
LL.D. 
Sir W. 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., D.Se., LL.D. 
Treasurer— Ymix? R. D. Maclagan, Esq., F.F.A. 
Curator of Library and Museum — Alexander Buchan, Esq., M.A., LL.D. 
Ordinary Members of Council. 
Sir Stair Agnew, K.C.B. 
Dr James Burgess, C.I.E., M.R.A.S. 
John S. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. 
Professor Copeland, Astronomer- 
Royal for Scotland. 
Professor D’Arcy W. Thompson, C.B. 
The Rev. Professor Duns. 
Lieut. -Col. Bailey, R.E. 
Professor James Geikie, LL.D., 
F.R.S. 
Sir J. Batty Tuke, M.D. 
A. Beatson Bell, Esq., Advocate. 
Professor Shield Nicholson, M.A., 
D.Sc. 
Professor John Gibson, Ph.D. 
Honorary Representative on George Heriot's Trust — John Murray, Esq., 
D.Sc., LL.D. 
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. 
Sir DOUGLAS MACLAGAN, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E. 
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