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round the Globe which he performed in H. M. S. ‘estab¬ 
lished his reputation as a skilful navigator and a scientific 
observer. His labours as presiding over the Meteorological 
Department of the Board of Trade have contributed greatly to 
the advancement of science, and the value of his system of 
storm signals cannot fail to be appreciated in a County like 
Yorkshire, bordered by a long line of dangerous sea-coast. 
The Council propose Lord Londesborough and Mr. Procter 
as Vice-Presidents of the Society, and the Bev. G. H. Philips, 
William Matterson, Esq., M.D., Edward Smallwood, Esq., S. W. 
North, Esq., Dr. Gibson, and Joseph Wilkinson, Esq., as New 
Members of Council, in the room of Bobert Denison, Esq., 
F. W. Calvert, Esq., W. D. Husband, Esq., the Bev. John Lees, 
and the Bev. Canon Bobinson, who retire by rotation, and 
William Procter, Esq., proposed for election as Vice-President. 
