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The following resolutions were then passed:
1.—Resolved that the Report of the Council be accepted, and the thanks of the Society tendered to the retiring officers.
- Proposed by Professor Summers, seconded by Principal Dyer.
2.—Resolved that a Committee of ordinary members be appointed to take into consideration the present state of the finances of the Society and to consult with the Council concerning the same—the said Committee to consist of Mr. Cargill, Dr. Purcell, Principal Dyer and Mr. Thomson.
- Proposed by Professor Grigsby, seconded by Dr. Wheeler.
3.—Resolved that the subject of holding semi-monthly meetings at Yokohama and Yedo alternately be referred to the same Committee.
- Proposed by Mr. Aston, seconded by Mr. Wilkin.
4.—Resolved that the mode of electing the Council be considered by the above Committee and reported on at the next General Meeting.
- Proposed by Mr. Wilkin, seconded by Mr. Thomson.
The Committees appointed to nominate the officers for the ensuing year recommended the following, who were unanimously elected.
President.—S. R. Brown, D.D.
Vice-Presidents.—Sir Harry S. Parkes, K.C.B., C. W. Goodwin, Esq.
Councillors.—C. De Groote, Esq., J. C. Hepburn, Esq., M.D., A. J. Wilkin, Esq., W. G. Howell, Esq., Edwin Wheeler, Esq., M.D., David Murray, Esq., Ph. D., Rev. E. W. Syle, W. G. Aston, Esq.
Cor. Sec.—W. E. Ayrton, Esq.
Rec. Secs.—John Y. Henderson, Esq., Yokohama; Professor James Summers, Tokio.
Treasurer.—J. Thurburn, Esq.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been carried unanimously, the meeting separated.
