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The Council thereupon passed a resolution expressing a hope 
that the Secretary would continue his interest in the work of 
the Institute and accept the honour of becoming a Vice- 
President ; upon which the Secretary expressed his gratitude 
and high appreciation of the support he had received from the 
members, and accepted with pleasure the honour proposed to 
be conferred upon him. 
3. The following are the changes since last meeting in the 
list of Officers and Council which await confirmation by the 
Members : — 
Sir David Gill, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., has been nominated 
Honorary Correspondent, in the place of the late Lord 
Kelvin. (Resolution of Council, June 1st, 1908.) 
The present Secretary on retiring from office to be Vice- 
President (Resolution of Council, May 25th, 1908), 
and Mr. W. E. Thompson Sharpe has retired from 
the Council owing to ill-health. This leaves a 
vacancy on the Council to be filled up ; ancl members 
are reminded that the Council will always gladly 
receive names for this purpose. 
4. The following is the new list of the Officers and 
Council : — 
Prtsibrnt. 
The Eight Honourable The Earl of Halsbury, M.A., D.C.L., F.K.S. 
tTirf-|)rtsii)tnts. 
Sir T. Kowell Buxton, llart., K.C.M.G. 
W. H. Hudleston, Esq., F.K.S. , F.G.S. 
Alexander McArthur, Esq., ILL., J.P. 
David Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S. 
Lieut.-General Sir H. L. Geary, K.C.B. 
Eight Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Koyal, LL.D., F.G.S 
Prof. Edward Hull, LL.D., F.K.S., F.G.S. 
JSonorm-j) 
Sir David Gill, 
Professor A. Agassiz, D.C.L., F.E.S. 
Professor E. Naville (Geneva). 
Professor Maspero (Paris). 
(Sornsjjonbcnts. 
K.C.B. , LL.D., F.K.S. 
Professor A. H. Sayce, D.D., LL.D. 
Professor Fridtjof Nansen, D.Sc. 
Professor Warren Upham, D.Sc. 
$)onor;uj) gtubitors. 
J. Allen, Esq. | Lieut.-Col. Maclcinlay, late It. A. 
JScmtarjr nub dtbtfor of tbc journal. 
Professor Edward Hull, M.A., LL.D., F.K.S. 
