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The following is the list of Officers and Council elected : — 
President — Edward Milles Nelson, Esq. 
Vice-Presidents — Robert Braithwaite, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., F.L.S. ; 
A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S. ; *The Hon. Sir Ford North J. J. Vezey, 
Esq. 
Treasurer — William Thomas Suffolk, Esq. 
Secretaries — Rev. W. H. Dallinger, LL.D., F.R S ; *R. G. Hebb, 
Esq., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. 
Twelve other Members of Council— C. Edmund Aikin, Esq., B.A., 
M.R.C.S. ; Conrad Beck, Esq. ; *Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. ; Alfred 
W. Bennett, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S. ; *Rev. Edmund Carr, M.A., 
F.R.Met.S. : *T. Comber, Esq., F.L.S. ; Edward Dadswell, Esq.; George 
0. Karop, Esq., M.R.C.S. ; Thomas H. Powell, Esq.; Charles F. Rousselet, 
Esq. ; *John Tatham, Esq., M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P. ; *Rev. A. G. Warner. 
Curator — Charles F. Rousselet, Esq. 
Mr. J. J. Vezey said that a resolution had been entrusted to him to 
move, and he accepted the duty with very great pleasure ; it was “ That 
a hearty vote of thanks be given to the Treasurer and Honorary 
Secretaries of the Society for their services during the past year. The 
Treasurer had during the year been doing, as they had already heard, 
invaluable service in the rearrangement of tho Cabinet, as well as 
attending to his other duties. Reference had already been made to the 
work of one of the Secretaries, and he was sure the Fellows of the 
Society would wish to accentuate what had fallen from the President 
with regard to Prof. Bell. He had been rarely absent from his post, 
and had managed the Society’s meetings with great ability. With regard 
to Dr. Dallinger, it was universally regretted that his health has not 
permitted him to attend all the meetings during the past year, but it 
was satisfactory to know that his absence was not due to any want of 
interest in the Society, and he was sure the Fellows would agree with 
him that it was an honour to the Society that so distinguished a man as 
Dr. Dallinger should remain one of its Honorary Secretaries. 
Mr. Ersser having seconded the motion, it was put to the meeting by 
the President, and carried unanimously. 
Prof. Bell said that, as on former occasions, the retiring nature of his 
colleagues again rendered it necessary for him to return thanks for them. 
In doing so he should like to add liis testimony to the extraordinary 
amount of time which the Treasurer had given not only to his own special 
duties, but also to the cabinet of the Society upstairs, and he should like 
to echo the words of Mr. Vezey with reference to Dr. Dallinger — it was 
a great honour to have him as a Secretary to the Society. References 
had been made very kindly to himself ; it was Dr. Johnson who had said 
that no man ever did anything consciously for the last time without a 
feeling of regret ; but when a man had been going on with the same thing 
for fifteen years, he thought this feeling might be altered, and some sense 
rather of relief might be associated with it. Fifteen years was a long 
time to look back upon, and as he had inflicted himself upon them so 
* Those with an asterisk (*) have not held during the preceding year the office 
for which they are elected. 
