79 
Extraordinary General Meeting, January 25th, 1887. 
Professor W. C. Williamson, LL.D., F.RS., Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
A letter was read from Mr. K D. Darhishire, B.A., F.G.S., 
and it was thereupon moved by Professor Osboene 
Reynolds, LL.D., F.R.S., seconded by Dr. Edward Schunck, 
F.R.S., and resolved unanimously :■ — That while compelled, 
to their very great regret, to accept Mr. Darbishire’s 
resignation of the office of President, the Society hope that 
in doing this they have removed all necessity for the further 
step indicated in his letter. 
Ordinary Meeting, January 25th, 1887. 
Professor W. C. Williamson, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
The following communication from the Secretary of the 
Manchester Jubilee Exhibition, addressed to the Honorary 
Secretaries of the Society, was read : — 
The Photographic sub-section of the Jubilee Exhibiton 
are devoting a portion of their space to a history of the rise 
and progress of the Photographic Art, and are anxious to 
hear of specimens or apparatus bearing upon this department 
of the subject. They will be obliged by possessors of any 
such objects of interest communicating with them at the 
offices, Albert Chambers, Albert Square, Manchester. 
Peoceedings — Lit. & Phil. Soc. — Vol. XXYl. — No. 6. — Session 1886-7. 
