HISTORY of the SOCIETY. 



37 



Lit. Cl. Dr GREGORY read a fecond part of his EfTay on 

 the general Notion of the Relation of Caufe and Effect. [See 

 fupra, Nov. 15. 1784.] 



AT a meeting of a Committee of the Royal Society, Mr Ro- 

 BISON, General Secretary, prefented to the Society from THO- 

 MAS HUTCHINS, Efq; his paper on the Congelation of Mercu- 

 ry, and from Dr HUTTON of Woolwich, his Logarithmic Ta- 

 bles. 



1785- 



March n. 

 Dr Gregory on 

 caufe and ef- 

 fect 



Pbyf. Cl. Dr HUTTON read the fecond part of his Theory April 4 . 

 of the Earth, published in this volume. [No. X. Pbyf. CL] theory* of 



earth. 



May if\. 

 Donations. 



Lit. Cl. The Reverend Dr MACFARLAN read a Difcourfeon 

 the Advantages of Manufactures, Commerce and great Towns, 

 to the Population and Profperity of a Country. The Author 

 having publifhed this Difcourfe, it becomes unneceflary here to 

 give any account of its contents. 



A GENERAL meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 election of the Office-bearers for the enfuing year. Thofe of 

 the preceding year were unanimoufly continued in office. 



Pbyf. CL Dr WALKER read an Eflay on the Flowers of 

 Mufcous Plants. He did not incline that any account mould 

 be given of the EfTay in this volume. 



AT a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society, Mr Corn- 

 miffioner SMITH informed the members, that he had received a 

 letter from the Count de WJNCISCHGRATZ, dated BrmTells, 

 May 8. 1785, on the fubjecl of a problem propofed by that 

 nobleman to the learned men of all nations, which has for its 

 object, the diminution of the number of law-fuits by fome re- 

 quired method, which, at the fame time, mall impofe no new 



reftraints 



June 20. 

 Dr Macfarlan 

 on manufac- 

 tures, &c. 



June 27. 

 General meet- 

 ing- 



Dr Walker on 

 mufcous plants. 



Jily 9- 



Count de Win- 



difchgratz's 



problem. 



