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A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks ordered for them.

In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary Meeting was given from the Chair, arid the list of Officers and Council nominated for election was read as follows :

President. Sir William Huggins, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D. Treasurer. Alfred Bray Kempe, M.A.

f Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D. <

I Joseph Larmor, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D.

Foreign Secretary Thomas Edward Thorpe, C.B., Sc.D.

Other Members of the Council. Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, LL.D. ; William Bateson, M.A. ; William Thomas Blanford, LL.D. ; Professor Frederick Orpen Bower, Sc.D. ; Charles Vernon Boys ; Pro- fessor William Burnside, M.A. ; Professor William Watson Cheyne, C.B., M.B. ; Professor George Carey Foster, B.A. ; Eight Hon. Sir John E. Gorst, M.A. ; Professor William Mitchinson Hicks, M.A. ; Professor Henry Alexander Miers, M.A. ; Professor J. Emerson Reynolds, Sc.D. ; Kobert Henry Scott, Sc.D. ; Professor Charles Scott Sherrington, M.D. ; Joseph Wilson Swan, M.A. ; and Professor Herbert Hall Turner, M.A.

The following Papers were read :

I. "Micro-crystalline Structure of Platinum." By T. ANDREWS, F.R.S.

II. " A Comparative Study of the Spectra, Densities, and Melting Points of some Groups of Elements, and of the Relation of Properties to Atomic Mass." By H. RAMAGE. Communicated by Professor LIVEING, F.R.S.

III. " On the Properties of the Arterial and Venous Walls." By Professor J. A. MAcWiLUAM. Communicated by Sir M. FOSTER, Sec. R.S.

IV. " The Development of Echinus esculentus." By Professor E. W. MACBRIDE. Communicated by ADAM SEDGWICK, F.R.S.