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The following gentlemen were elected Officers of the 
Society and members of Council for the ensuing year ; — 
^rcsiUcnt : 
EOBEET DUKINFIELD DAEBISHIEE, B.A., F.G.S. 
Uicc=^resitf£nts : 
WILLIAM CEAWFOED WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.E.S. 
JAMES PEESCOTT JOULE, D.C.L., LL.D., F.E.S., F.G.S. 
SIE HENEY ENFIELD EOSCOE, B.A., LL.D., F.E.S., F.G.S. 
OSBOENE EEYNOLDS, M.A., LL.D., F.E.S. 
Secretaries : 
AETHUE SGHUSTEE, Ph.D., F.E.S., F.E.A.S. 
FEEDEEIGK JAMES FAEADAY, F.L.S. 
treasurer : 
GHAELES BAILEY, F.L.S. 
“ICilirarian : 
FEANGIS NIGHOLSON, F.Z.S. 
0ti^er J^tcmticrs of ti^e ©ouncil: 
BALFOUE STEWAET, LL.D., F.E.S. 
HENEY WILDE. 
WILLIAM HENEY JOHNSON, B.Sc. 
JAMES GOSMO MELYILL, M.A., F.L.S. 
EEGINALD F. GWYTHEE, M.A. 
JOHN BOYD. 
j^\n Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society, specially 
summoned by order of the Council, on the requisition of five 
members, was then held, of which meeting due written 
notice had been sent to all the ordinary members of the 
Society seven clear days previous to the meeting, with a 
copy of the proposed resolution. 
Present — Professor Eeynolds in the Chair, and thirty- 
nine Ordinary Members. 
It was moved pursuant to notice given on the 9th day of 
March, 1886, by five Ordinary Members of the Society, by 
Mr. Nigholson, and seconded by Dr. Stewaet, that the 
following Special Resolution be passed, namely : — 
^‘That the words ‘Two Guineas’ in Regulation No. 21 of the 
Articles of Association of the Society be struck out therefrom, 
and that the words ‘ One Guinea ’ be inserted therein in the 
place of and substitution for the said first-mentioned words.” 
On being put to the vote the Resolution was lost. 
