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ANNUAL MEETING. 
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING. 
May 20th , 1870. 
II. SUGDEN EVANS, ESQ., PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
Present—Messrs. Haselden, Hills, Morson, Deane, Carteighe, Sandford, Fowler, Hor¬ 
ton, Andrews, Bourdas, Redwood, and Whitfield. 
Mr. Flux was in attendance. 
The Chairman : The business of this meeting is, as you are all aware, to receive the 
Report of the Scrutineers with regard to the election of the new Council. I will, there¬ 
fore, call upon the Chairman of the Scrutineers to bring up the Report. 
Mr. Andrews : Mr. Chairman, the number of voting-papers received was 1478, and 
we were obliged to disallow for informality 83. I have a Report here in my hand 
which yesterday I had every reason to believe was a true and correct Report; but, I am 
sorry to say that, since the termination of the meeting, circumstances have come to my 
knowledge, which I have every reason to believe are true, and which will most certainly 
invalidate the correctness of this Report. I have therefore, Sir, to ask that this meeting 
may be adjourned for a fresh scrutiny ; and as the number of papers that have been re¬ 
ceived is almost unparalleled, and consequently the amount of labour which the Scruti¬ 
neers have had in making this Report has been very heavy, if it is in your power, or 
in the power of the Council, to do so, I must request that they will allow us some pro¬ 
fessional aid. It is a most serious and arduous undertaking, and it may be an invidious 
one in the present state of the Society; and I should, therefore, most certainly like to 
have some competent person, such as an accountant, or whoever you may think fit, if 
you have power to do so, to aid us in this matter. 
Mr. Carteighe : Sir, under these circumstances, the necessity for which I myself most 
deeply regret, I beg to move, That a fresh scrutiny be held, and that the assistance of a 
professional accountant be secured for Monday next. 
Mr. Morson : I beg leave to second that. 
Mr. Horton: This matter has taken me very much by surprise, as I only heard of it 
two hours ago; but I beg leave most heartily to support the resolution. My reason for 
doing so is, that I was engaged there from ten o’clock till half-past five yesterday, and I 
suffered most seriously from it—in fact, I was very ill indeed in the evening; and I 
should be very sorry indeed to have to go through the same duty a second time. I be¬ 
lieve it will be settled much more easily if we have the aid of an accountant. 
The Chairman : I will put it to the meeting. It has been moved by Mr. Carteighe, 
seconded by Mr. Morson, and supported by Mr. Horton,— 
“That a fresh scrutiny be taken, and that the aid of a professional accountant be 
obtained for the assistance of the scrutineers.” 
The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. 
Mr. Andrews : My idea was that the Council w r ould appoint an accountant. 
Mr. Flux : It is quite competent for this meeting to appoint an accountant. 
Mr. Deane : Perhaps Mr. Flux or Mr. Bremridge can suggest a suitable person to 
apply to. 
Mr. Flux : Contemplating the possibility of this course being taken, and feeling cer¬ 
tain that if you did employ an accountant you would like to have one beyond all pos¬ 
sibility of reproach, I, in a private way, this morning communicated with the first firm 
of the day, and obtained a pledge from the senior partner of that firm that, if they were 
resorted to, one of the partners would give his personal attention to the matter. The 
name of that firm is Turquand, Youngs, and Co. I do not think any accountant would 
dispute the proposition that they are the first firm of the day. They are concerned for 
the Bank of England. 
Mr. Carteighe: I beg to move, “ThatMessrs. Turquand, Youngs, and Co. be re¬ 
quested to act as accountants in assisting the Scrutineers on Monday next.” 
Mr. Sandford : I shall be glad to second that. 
The Chairman: It is moved and seconded,— 
“ That Messrs. Turquand, Youngs, and Co. be requested to act as accountants 
in assisting the Scrutineers.” 
The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. 
The Secretary : Perhaps the Chairman of the Scrutineers will kindly tell the meet¬ 
ing how the voting-papers are dealt with. 
Mr. Andrew's: There w r ere sixteen Scrutineers appointed. It is usual for them to 
