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REPOET OE THE COUNCIL FOR 1877 . 
Subject. Name of LecttirePv. 
Becent Geological Speculations Peof. Dun’CAN’, P.B.S. 
The Galvanic Battery .. B. Botjtledge, Esq., B. Sc., 
E. C. S. 
Second Lecture on do. Do. 
Jerusalem as it is . Bev. E. Laweence, B. A. 
Modern Greece ... J. W. Baeey, Esq., B. A. 
During tlie past year the Council have allowed the use of 
the Theatre of the Alusenm for a series of Lectures given 
under the auspices of the Cambridge University Extension 
Society. It is gratifying to the Council to learn that these 
lectures, chiefly on scientiflc subjects, yet embracing others not 
within the scope of the Society, have been a great success, and 
must be the means of affording to many the opportunity of 
acquiring a knowledge of science. 
The Council propose for election the following gentlemen, 
well known in the scientiflc world, as Honorary Members of 
the Society: "William Carruthers, F. B. S., F. L. S., F. G. S., 
British Museum; Henry Woodward, F. B. S., F. G. S.; Hemy 
Clifton Sorby, F.B. S., F. G.S.; W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., Secre¬ 
tary of the Geological Society; Bobert H. Scott, M. A., F.B.S., 
F. G. S., Director of the Meteorological OflS.ce; Li C. Miall, 
F. G. S., Professor of Biology in the Yorkshire College of 
Science, Leeds; Bobert McLachlan, F. B. S., F. L. S., &c.; 
Bev. T. G. Bonney, M. A., F. S. A., F. C. S., F. G. S., Pro¬ 
fessor of Geology, University College, London; Dr. Augustus 
Yoelcker, F.B.S., F. C.S., Professor of Chemistry to the Boyal 
Agricultiual Society; H. T. Stainton, F. B. S., F. L. S.; Sir 
Wyville Thompson, F.B.S. 
The following Members of Council retire according to the 
rules of the Society, and are not eligible for re-election at the 
present: Joshua Oldfield, Esq., Mr. Aid. March, Edward Allen, 
Esq., and Frederick L. Mawdesley, Esq. 
The Council propose the following Members of the Society 
as new Members of Council: Mr. Aid. Melrose, Bev. Bobert 
Daniel, A. H. Spence, Esq., W. L. Newman, Esq., and Mr. 
Barnby in the room of Dr. Gibson, elected a Yice-President. 
