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The President then announced that the Scrutineers had reported 
that the whole of the gentlemen whose names were printed on the ballot 
paper had boon elected as Officers and Council of the Society for the 
ensuing year, as under : — 
President — * Albert D. Michael, Esq., E.L.S. 
Vice-Presidents — * Robert Braitli waite, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., 
V.P.L.S. ; *Frank Crisp, Esq., LL.B., B.A., Y.P. and Treas. L.S. ; 
* James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. ; *Prof. Charles Stewart, Pres. 
L. S. 
Treasurer — * William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. 
Secretaries — Prof. F. Jeffrey j Bell, M.A. ; Rev. W. H. Dallinger, 
LL.D., F.R.S. 
Twelve other Members of the Council — Lionel S. Beale, Esq., M.B., 
F.R.C.P., F.R.S. ; * Alfred W. Bennett, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., V.P.L.S. ; 
Rev. Edmund Carr, M.A., F.R.Met.S. ; * Edward Dadswell, Esq. ; 
^Charles Haughton Gill, Esq., F.C.S. ; Richard G. Hebb, Esq., M.A., 
M. D., F.R.C.P. ; *George C. Karop, Esq., M.R.C.S. ; Edward Milles 
Nelson, Esq.; Thomas H. Powell, Esq.; Prof. Urban Pritchard, M.D. ; 
Frederic H. Ward, Esq., M.R.C.S.; Thomas Charters White, Esq., 
M.R.C.S., L.D.S. 
Dr. Braithwaite then vacated the chair and installed as President of 
the Society for 1893, Mr. A. D. Michael, F.L.S., whom he humorously 
characterized as a “mitey” man from whom mighty deeds would be 
expected. 
Mr. Michael said that it was not altogether a pleasant process to 
dispossess his predecessor, but when a person was introduced to a Society 
like that as its President it certainly became his duty to return thanks 
to those by whom he had been elected. But so far as the custom was 
concerned it was not one which exactly commended itself to his judg- 
ment, because, in making a selection, the Council were in the first place 
bound to consider the benefit of the Society and not that of the indi- 
vidual ; but in spite of this objection he was, on that occasion, going to 
follow the usual course, because he found it impossible altogether to 
eliminate the personal element from his own mind. He could not help 
feeling that when a body of gentlemen with whom he had worked for so 
many years, so pleasantly and so usefully as had been the case during 
his connection with their Society, had elected him to a position of the 
greatest honour which they could confer, it would be unpleasant to take 
the chair without any word of thanks ; therefore he returned them most 
heartily his thanks for the honour conferred. In one way, however, he 
hoped that the personal element would be expressed, and that was that 
by the united efforts of themselves and their friends the period of his 
presidency might be rendered one of active scientific work which should 
be equal to the best work of the past, and not unworthy of what they 
hoped yet to do in the future. 
The President said it now only remained for him to put to the 
meeting a proposal which had been duly moved and seconded, but not 
* Those with an asterisk (*) have not held during the preceding year the office 
for which they were nominated. 
