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The President said there wore two matters which ho wished to 
mention at that meeting. The first was with reference to their recent 
Conversazione, which he thought every one would agree was a great 
success, and on behalf of the Council lie wished to take that opportunity 
of thanking all those who had helped to mako it so. Everything which 
he saw on that occasion was beautifully exhibited, and those who were 
present appeared to thoroughly appreciate the objects shown. It 
reminded him of some of the gatherings they used to have in the early 
days of the Society, and he hoped they would on some futuro occasion 
be able to carry out a similar meeting with equal success. The other 
matter to which he desired to refer was the deafii of Sir Richard Owen, 
The newspapers had no doubt made them acquainted with the fact, but 
perhaps it might not be known to the younger Fellows of the Society 
that he was their first President, having been elected in 1840, or fifty- 
two years ago. Though on account of his advanced age and infirmity it 
was long since they saw him amongst them, he was, no doubt, very well 
known to every one by his writings, his books on ‘ Odontography ’ and 
‘Vertebrate Anatomy’ having had a wide circulation. Many years 
ago, when he (the President) was an apprentice, Otven’s lectures on 
Comparative Anatomy were appearing in the ‘ Lancet,’ and he used to 
make them his great study at the time. The loss was to him — perhaps 
more than to many present that evening — a personal one ; but as Sir 
Richard Owen had been so intimately associated with their Society 
as its first President, they had decided, after passing a resolution of 
condolence, to adjourn the meeting out of respect to his memory. No 
papers would therefore be read that evening, but after the transaction 
of such business as was actually necessary, the sitting would be 
suspended. 
The following resolution, drawn up by the Council, was then sub- 
mitted to the meeting, and unanimously adopted : — 
“ The President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Micro- 
“ scopical Society, having heard with sincere regret of the death 
“ of Sir Richard Owen, the first President of the Society, desire 
“ to record their sincere condolence with his family, and their 
“ appreciation of the great loss which science has sustained by 
“ the removal of one whose world-wide attainments had placed 
“ him at its head.” 
The President announced that their next meeting, on January 18th, 
1893, would be the Annual Meeting of the Society, in preparation for 
which it would be necessary that evening to read the list of Fellows 
nominated by the Council for election as Officers and Council for the 
ensuing year. The Fellows present would also be asked to elect an 
Auditor for the Society’s accounts for the current year. 
The following List of Nominations was then read : — 
President — Albert D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S. 
Vice-Presidents — Prof. Charles Stewart, Pres. L.S. ; Robert 
Braithwaite, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S. ; Frank Crisp, Esq., LL.B., B.A., 
Y.P. and Treas. L.S. ; and James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. 
Treasurer — William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. 
Secretaries —Prof . F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., and Rev. W. H. Dallinger, 
LLD., F.R.S. 
1893. 
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