Abstract
THE Anniversary Meeting of the Geographical Society on Monday was not marked by any unusual feature. The address of the president—his retiring one, as it turns out—consisted as usual of a comprehensive review of the geographical work of the past year, an unusually eventful one in exploration. The Society is as prosperous as ever in members and money. There were on April 30 3,334 Fellows on the register, of whom no less than 762 are life members On the motion of Sir Henry Rawlinson, the meeting adopted an alteration of the rule regulating admission to meetings of exceptional interest, with a view to obviate certain difficulties which have arisen in this respect. The Royal Medals, the award of which we have already announced, were presented to Count Miinster, the German ambassador, on behalf of Baron F. von Richthofen, the President of the German Geographical Society, and to Capt. H. Trotter, R.E., personally. The schools, prize medals were also presented to the successful competitors whose names we have before recorded. From the new president, Lord Dufferin, we may next year expect an address marked by unusual raciness, eloquence, and intelligence; Lord Dufferin will probably return to this country in autumn.
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