306 THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE 
President. Other gentlemen, probably, among those who now 
offered themselves, might be similarly circumstanced. 
The Secretary said the list had been read at the two previous 
meetings. 
The list was then read. The attendances were as follow 
(the number of meetings being twelve): — Mr. Goodwin, 2; 
Mr. Silvester, 3; Mr. Braby, 7; Mr. Godwin, 7; the Secretary, 
12; Professor Dick had not attended at all. 
It was stated that the following gentlemen had been proposed 
as members of Council : — 
Mr. E. N. Gabriel, of London, by Mr. Robinson. 
Mr. W. J. Godwin, of Birmingham, by Mr. Henderson. 
Professor Dick, of Edinburgh, by Mr. Gabriel. 
Mr. E. Braby, of London, by Mr. A. Cherry. 
Mr. G. W. Varnell, of London, by Professor Spooner. 
Mr. T. W. Gowing, of Camden-town, by Professor Morton. 
Mr. C. Dickens, of Kimbolton, by Professor Simonds. 
Mr. W. Mavor, jun., of London, by Mr. Braby. 
Mr. T. Wells, of Norwich, by Professor Simonds. 
Mr. Godwin then proposed Mr. Silvester. 
Mr. Cooper seconded the nomination. 
On the motion of Mr. Wm. Hooper, seconded by Mr. James 
Turner, Mr. Meginnis, of Horsham, and Mr. Cooper, of Birk- 
hampsted, were appointed Scrutators. 
The votes having been taken, and examined, the numbers 
were declared as follow : — 
Mr. Gabriel 
. . 34 
Mr. Varnell . 
. 16 
— Braby . . 
. . 31 
— Wells . . 
. 13 
— Godwin 
. . 26 
— Gowing . . 
. 13 
— Silvester . 
. . 20 
— • Mavor . . 
. 10 
— A. Cherry 
. . 19 
— Goodwin . . 
. 6 
— Dickens . 
. . 16 
Professor Dick . 
. 4 
The Chairman then declared the election to fall on Messrs. 
Gabriel, Braby, Godwin, Silvester, and A. Cherry. Messrs. 
Dickens and Varnell, he said, had an equal number of votes, 
and the decision in their case would have to be by lot, as 
stated by the Charter. 
This mode of decision was accordingly adopted, and the lot 
fell on Mr. Dickens, who was then declared elected. 
Mr. Cherry alluded to the list of members of the profession 
whicj? had been laid on the table by the Registrar. Among the 
deaths indicated in the list he saw the names of several persons 
