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VICE-PRESIDENTS.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mount-Temple....

Captain Sir F. J. Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., Hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty....

F. A. Abel, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., V.P.C.S., Director of the Chemical
Establishment of the War Department..
Professor De Chaumont, M.D., F.R.S......
Major-General A. C. Cooke, R.E., C.B., F.R.G.S., Director-General of
Wyndham S. Portal, Esq...
the Ordnance Survey.
Professor Prestwich, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.C.S......
Philip Lutley Sclater, Esq., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S..

J. H. Ellis, Esq. Vernon.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S.. The Right Hon. the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, LL.D., F.R.S., The Right Hon. the Earl of Lathom....Dr. F.R.A.S. Principal J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S....... J.G.Greenwood, Esq., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University Professor H. E. Roscoe, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S.......

His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada, G.C.M.G., LL.D..
The Right Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D..
The Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., M.P., LL.D., F.R.S.L. & E...
The Hon. Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, G.C.M.G.
The Hon, Sir Charles Tupper, K.C.M.G..
Chief Justice Sir A. A. Dorion, C.M.G.

Principal Sir William Dawson, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S..
The Hon. Dr. Chauveau......

Professor Edward Frankland, M.D., D.C.L, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S.
W. H. Hingston, Esq., M.D., D.C.L., L.R.C.S.E.

Thomas Sterry Hunt, Esq., M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.

His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., D.C.L., Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen

The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, LL.D., Lord-Lieutenant of
Aberdeenshire

The Right Hon. the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, M.A., LL.D.,
F.R.S., F.R.A.S.

James Matthews, Esq., Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen
Professor Sir William Thomson, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S.
Alexander Bain, Esq., M.A., LL.D., Rector of the University of
Aberdeen

The Very Rev. Principal Pirie, D.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University

of Aberdeen.

Professor W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Pres. Z.S., F.G.S., Director of the Natural History Museum, London Professor John Struthers, M.D., LL.D.

T. W. Willis, Esq.

S. E. Dawson, Esq.
R. A. Ramsay, Esq.
S. Rivard, Esq.

S. C. Stevenson, Esq.
Thos. White, Esq., M.P.

J. W. Crombie, Esq., M.A.

Angus Fraser, Esq., M.A., M.D., F.C.S. Professor G. Pirie, M.A.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
The Right Hon. Lord Leigh, D.C.L., Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
The Right Hon. Lord Norton, K.C.M.G..

The Right Hon. Lord Wrottesley, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire
Uni-The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, D.D..

SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill versity, Montreal, Canada.

BIRMINGHAM, September 1, 1886.

Thomas Martineau, Esq., Mayor of Birmingham.........
Professor G. G. Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S.
Professor W. A. Tilden, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.C.S.

Rev. A. R. Vardy, M.A.

Rev. H. W. Watson, D.Sc., F.R.S.

J. Barham Carslake, Esq.

Rev. H. W. Crosskey, LL.D., F.G.S.
Charles J. Hart, Esq.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.,)
F.R.G.S.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester, D.D..
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Salford

SIR H. E. ROSCOE, M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester

V.P.C.S..

MANCHESTER, August 31, 1887.

The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Salford The Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University The Principal of the Owens College

Sir William Roberts, B.A., M.D., F.R.S.

Thomas Ashton, Esq., J.P., D.L..

Oliver Heywood, Esq., J.P., D.L...

James Prescott Joule, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F.C.S.

F. J. Faraday, Esq., F.L.S., F.S.S.
Charles Hopkinson, Esq., B.Sc.

Professor A. Milnes Marshall, M.A., M.D.,
D.Sc., F.R.S.

Professor A. H. Young, M.B., F.R.C.S.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Cork and Orrery, Lord-Lieutenant of Somer

set

The Most Hon. the Marquess of Bath

The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, D.D.
The Right Rev, the Bishop of Clifton, D.D.
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath.

F.R.S., The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol
Sir F. A. Abel, C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P.C.S.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of Bath, M.A.
The Rev. Leonard Blomefield, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.

Professor Michael Foster, M.A., M.D., LL.D., Sec. R.S., F.L.S., F.C.S.

W. S. Gore-Langton, Esq., J.P., D.L.

H. D. Skrine, Esq., J.P., D.L.

E. R. Wodehouse, Esq., M.P.

Colonel R. P. Laurie, C.B., M.P. Jerom Murch, Esq., J.P., D.L...

W. Pumphrey, Esq

J. L. Stothert, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. B. H. Watts, Esq.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., D.C.L., LL.D., Lord-
Lieutenant of Northumberland....

The Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, Lord-Lieutenant of Durham
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ravensworth..

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, D.D.
The Right Hon. Lord Armstrong, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S..
The Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., LL.D.

The Very Rev. the Warden of the University of Durham, D.D.
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle
The Worshipful the Mayor of Gateshead

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Sir I. Lowthian Bell, Bart., D.O.L., F.R.S., F.C.S., M.Inst.C.E. Sir Charles Mark Palmer, Bart., M.P.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Ripon, K.G., G.C.S.I., C.I.E., F.R.S.
SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ABEL, C.B., D.C.L., D.Sc., The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, K.G., F.R.G.S.
F.R.S.,P.P.C.S., Hon. M.Inst.C.E.

LEEDS, September 3, 1890.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon, D.D.......

The Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., Ph.D., LL.D., M.P., F.R.S...
The Right Hon. W. L. Jackson, M.P. The Mayor of Leeds..
Sir James Kitson, Bart., M. Inst.C.E. Sir Andrew Fairbairn, M.A.

J. Rawlinson Ford, Esq.
Sydney Lupton, Esq., M.A.
Professor L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S.
Professor A. Smithells, B.Sc.

The Right Hon. Lord Windsor, Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Bute, K.T.

WILLIAM HUGGINS, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., The Right Hon. Lord Tredegar
F.R.A.S., Hon. F.R.S.E.
CARDIFF, August 19, 1891.

The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Sec.R.S., F.R.A.S.
The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare, G.C.B., F.R.S., F.R.G.S..........
Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., F.Z.S...

Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D., D.Sc., For.Sec.R.S., F.R.S.E., Pres.G.S.
Sir Robert Ball, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Royal Astronomer of Ireland

R. W. Atkinson, Esq., B.Sc., F.C.S., F.I.C. Professor H. W. Lloyd Tanner, M.A., F.R.A.S.

SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, LL.D., D.Sc., For. Sec. R.S.,
Survey of the United Kingdom...
F.R.S.E., F.G.S.. Director-General of the Geological
EDINBURGH, August 3, 1892

The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh...
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Lothian, K.T.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E..
The Right Hon. J. H. A. Macdonald, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E.
Principal Sir William Muir, K.C.S.I., D.C.L..
Professor Sir Douglas Maclagan. M.D., Pres. R.S.E..
Professor Sir William Turner, F.R.S., F.R.S.E..
Professor P. G. Tait, M.A., F.R.S.E.

Professor A. Crum Brown, M.D., F,R.S., F.R.S, E., Pres, C.S..

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Professor G. F. Armstrong, M.A.,
M.Inst.C.E., F.R.S.E., F.G.S.

F. Grant Ogilvie, Esq., M.A., B.Sc.,
F.R.S.E.

John Harrison, Esq.

DR. J. S. BURDON SANDERSON, M.A., M.D., LL.D.,
D.O.L., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., Professor of Physiology in the
University of Oxford..

NOTTINGHAM, September 13, 1893.

His Grace the Duke of St. Albans, Lord-Lieut. of Nottinghamshire,
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., Chancellor of the University
of Cambridge

His Grace the Duke of Portland. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
The Right Hon. Lord Belper. The Mayor of Nottingham-

The Right Hon. Sir W. R. Grove, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E.
Sir John Turney, J.P.

Professor Michael Foster, M.A., Sec.R.S. W. H. Ransom, Esq.,M.D., F.R.S..

Professor F. Clowes, D.Sc.
Professor W. H. Heaton, M.A.
Arthur Williams, Esq.

The MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G., D.C.L., F.R.S., Chancellor of the University of Oxford. OXFORD, August 8, 1894.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Jersey, G.C.M.G., Lord-Lieutenant of the\
County of Oxford....

The Right Hon. Lord Wantage, K.C.B., V.C., Lord-Lieutenant of
Berkshire

The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G., D.O.L., F.R.S..
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford, D.D.

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The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, D.C.L., Pres.R.S.
The Rev. the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The Mayor of Oxford.

Sir W. R. Anson, D.C.L., Warden of All Souls College..
Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.

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Sir Henry Dyke Acland, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., Regius Professor of Medicine.
The Rev. the Master of Pembroke College, Sedleian Professor of Natural
Philosophy....

Dr. J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry.

Gilbert C. Bourne, Esq., M.A.
G. C. Druce, Esq., M.A.
D. H. Nagel, Esq., M.A.

CAPTAIN SIR DOUGLAS GALTON, K.O.B., D.C.L, LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., F.G.S. IPSWICH, September 11, 1895

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Bristol, M.A., Lord.-Lieutenant of the\
County of Suffolk

The Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, LL.D., F.R.S., High Steward of the
University of Cambridge

The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, D.O.L., Sec.R.S., Lord-Lieutenant of the
County of Essex

The Right Hon. Lord Gwydyr, M.A., High Steward of the Borough of
Ipswich.

The Right Hon. Lord Henniker, F.S.A.
The Right Hon. Lord Rendlesham...

J. H. Bartlet, Esq., Mayor of Ipswich

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Sir G. G. Stokes, Bart., D.O.L., F.R.S. Dr. E. Frankland, D.C.L., F.R.S. Professor G. H. Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.............. Felix T. Cobbold, Esq., M.A.

1832-35 Rev. W. VERNON HARCOURT, F.R.S.

1835-36 Rev. W. VERNON HARCOURT, F.R.S., and F. BAILY, Esq., F.R.S.

1836-37 Rev. W. VERNON HARCOURT, F.R.S., and R. I. MURCHISON, Esq., F.R.S.

1837-39 R. I. MURCHISON, Esq., F R.S., and Rev. G. Peacock, F.R.S. 1839-45 Sir R. I. MURCHISON, F.R.S.,

and Major E. SABINE, F.R.S. 1845-50 Lieut.-Colonel E. SABINE, F.R.S. 1850-52 General E. SABINE, F.R.S., and J. F. ROYLE, Esq., F.R.S. 1852-53 J. F. ROYLE, Esq., F.R.S. 1853-59 General E. SABINE, F.R.S. 1859-61 Prof. R. WALKER, F.R.S. 1861-62 W. HOPKINS, Esq., F.R.S. 1862-63 W. HOPKINS, Esq., F.R.S., and

Prof. J. PHILLIPS, F.R.S.

1863-65 W. HOPKINS, Esq., F.R.S., and F. GALTON, Esq., F.R.S.

1865-66 F. GALTON, Esq., F.R.S. 1866-68 F. GALTON, Esq., F.R.S., and Dr. T. A. HIRST, F.R.S. 1868-71 Dr. T. A. HIRST, F.R.S., and Dr. T. THOMSON, F.R.S.

1871-72 Dr.T. THOMSON, F.R.S., and Capt. DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S. 1872-76 Capt. DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S., and Dr. MICHAEL FOSTER, F.R.S.

1876-81 Capt. DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S., and Dr. P. L. SCLATER, F.R.S. 1881-82 Capt. DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S., and Prof. F. M. BALFOUR, F.R.S.

1882-83 Capt. DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S. 1883-95 Sir DOUGLAS GALTON, F.R.S., and A. G. VERNON HARCOURT, Esq., F.R.S.

1895-96 A. G. VERNON HARCOURT, Esq., F.R.S., and Prof. E. A. SCHÄFER, F.R.S.

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