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Treasurer-WILLIAM TOOKE, Esq., F.R.S. W. Allen, Esg., F.R. & R.A.S. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse, Bt., M.P. Rt. Hon. Viscount Althorp, M.P., Secretary at War.

Chancellor of the Exchequer. David Jardine, Esq., M.A. Rt. Hon. Viscount Ashley, M.P., Henry B. Ker, Esq., F.R.S. F.R.A.S.

T. H. Key, Esq., M.A. Rt. Hon. Lord Auckland, President J. G. S. Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S. of the Board of Trade.

Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.A. W. B. Baring, Esq.

James Loch, Esq., M.P., F.G.S. Capt. F. Beaufort, R.N. F.R. and

George Long, Esq., M.A. R.A.S., Hydrographer to the J. W Lubbock, Esq., F.R., R.A. Admiralty:

& L.S.S. Sir C. Bell, F.R.S.L. & E.

Dr. Lushington, D.C.L., M.P.
John Bostock, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. Zachary Macaulay, Esq.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of B. H. Malkin, Esq.,M.A.
Chichester.

A. T. Malkin, Esq., M.A.
William Coulson, Esq.

James Manning, Esq. R. D. Craig, Esq.

John Herman Merivale, Esq. W mi. Crawford, Esg.

F.AS.
J. Fred. Daniel, Esq., F.R.S.

James Mill, Esq.
Sir T. Denman, M.P., Attorney. James Morrison, Esq., M.P.
General.

W. H. Orit, Esq
Rt. Hon. Lord Dover.

Rt. Hon, Sir H. Parnell, Bart.,MP. Lieut. Drummond, R.N., F.R.A.S. Rt. Hon, T.S. Rice, M.P., F.A.S. Viscount Ebrington, M.P.

Secretary to the Admiralty. John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S.

Dr. Roget, Sec. R.S., F.R.A.S.
T. F. Ellis, Esq., M.A., F.R.A.S. Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A., F.R.S.
How. Elphinstone, Esq., M.A. Rev. R. Sheepshanks, M.A.
Thomas Falconer, Esq.

J. Smith, Esq., M.P.
I. L.Golismid.Esq.,F. R.&R.A.S. Wm. Sturch, Esq.
B. Gompertz, Esq.,F.R. &R.A.S. Dr. A. T. Thomson, F.L.S.
G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R. & L.S. N. A. Vigors, Esq., F.R.S.
H. Hallam, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. J. Ward, Esq.
M. D. Hill, Esq.

H. Waymouth, Esq.
Rowland Hill, Esq., F.R.A.S. J. Whishaw, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Edwin Hill, Esq.

John Wrottesley, Esq., M.A., Sec

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