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Imd long been lying in the possession of the Society, amongst 
the stock of the Society’s Memoirs. Doubts were, however, 
entertained whether these volumes were the property of the 
Society. The Council having, therefore, communicated with 
Mr. Alderman Neild, the Executor of Dr. Dalton, that gen- 
tleman has, so far as a right to the property of the volumes in 
question might be vested in him, declared himself willing that 
these volumes should be at the disposal of the Council for 
distribution along with the Memoirs of the Society, to those 
Scientific Societies and Institutions, with which this Society 
is in correspondence. This has accordingly been acted upon, 
and these works have thus been made more accessible to the 
scientific world, and have been deposited where they will be 
appreciated. * 
The annual election of officers then took place, when the 
following gentlemen were elected : 
^resilient. 
WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, F.R.S., Inst. Nat. Sc. Pak. Corkesp. 
JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE, LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 
JOSEPH CHESSBOROUGH DYER. 
THOMAS HOPKINS. 
JAMES CROSSLET, 
EDWARD SCHUNCK, Ph.D., F.R S. 
RICHARD COPLEY CHRISTIE, M.A. 
^rcagum*. 
HENRY MERE ORMEROD. 
3Kbrar(an. 
CHARLES FREDRIK EKMAN 
the ©ountil. 
ROBERT ANGUS SMITH, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S. 
REV. HENRY HALFORD JONES, F.R.A.S. 
PETER SPENCE. 
EDWARD WILLIAM BINNEY, F.R.S., F.G S. 
REV. WILLIAM GASKELL, M.A. 
RICHARD ROBERTS, M. Inst. C.E. 
