Monday^ 5th January 1857. 



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Some Remarks on the Literature and Philosophy of the 



Chinese. By the Rev. Dr Robert Lee, . 433 



Observations on the Crinoidea, showing their connection with 

 other branches of the Echinodermata. By Fort-Major 

 Thomas Austin, F.G.S. Communicated by Professor 

 Balfovr, . . . . • 433 



Donations to the Library, . . . .436 



Monday, \^ih January 1857. 



On the application of the Theory of Probabilities to the ques- 

 tion of the Combination of Testimonies. By Professor 

 Boole. Communicated by Bishop Terrot, . 435 



On New Species of Marine Diatomacese from the Firth of 

 Clyde and Loch Fine. By Professor Gregory. Illus- 

 trated by numerous drawings, and by enlarged figures, all 

 drawn by Dr Greville, . . . 442 



Short VerbalNotice of a simple and direct method of Comput- 

 ing the Logarithm^of a Number. By Edward Sang, Esq., 461 



Donations to the Library, . . . • 451 



Monday, 2d February 1857. 



On the Urinary Secretion of Fishes, with some remarks on this 

 secretion in other classes of Animals. By John Davy, 

 M.D., F.R.SS. London and Edinburgh, . 452 



On the Reproductive Economy of Moths and Bees ; being an 

 Account of the Results of Von Siebold's Recent Re- 

 searches in Parthenogenesis. By Professor Goodsir, 454 



On the Principles of the Stereoscope ; and on a new mode of 



exhibiting Stereoscopic Pictures. ByDrW. Macdonald, 455 



Donations to the Library, . . . • 455 



Monday, 16th February 1857. 



On the Crania of the Kaffirs and Hottentots, and the Physical 

 and Moral Characteristics of these Races. By Dr Black, 

 F.G.S., . . . . .466 



On a Roche Moutomiee on the summit of the range of hills 

 separating Loch Fine and Loch Awe. In a letter from 

 the Duke of Argyll to Professor Forbes, . 469 



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