COUNCIL FOR 1851. 
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and the Meeting will no doubt gladly accept the proposal of 
the Council to elect him a Vice-President of the Society for the 
ensuing year. The Council are glad to announce as a suc¬ 
cessor to Mr. Meynell in the office of Treasurer, Wm. Gray, Esq., 
a gentleman whose former labours in behalf of the Society as 
Secretary, will still be in the recollection of the Meeting. 
In looking round for a successor to Mr. Meynell as one of 
the Secretaries, the Council congratulate the Meeting in being 
able to name Professor Phillips, a gentleman distinguished no 
less for his scientific attainments, than for his constant co¬ 
operation and warm interest in the welfare of the Society on all 
occasions from its earliest days, who has kindly consented to 
return to an office, which he formerly filled, and to act as joint 
Secretary with Mr. Travis. 
Such is a brief review of the proceedings of the Society 
during the year that is past, and the Council trust that the 
hopes and promises of former years have been in a considerable 
degree realized. The arrangements in every department of the 
Museum have undergone the most careful scrutiny and ex¬ 
amination, and wherever an improvement has been practicable 
steps have been taken for carrying it out. The collections in 
the Museum have been enlarged and enriched, the sources of 
attraction to strangers, and of enjoyment to the Members and 
their families which the Gardens offered, have been increased, 
and the Society may be regarded as having advanced to a point 
from which its friends may look back with satisfaction on the 
progress it has made, and forward with confidence, to a career 
of increased and increasing usefulness. 
