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port on the history of the results of the experimental inquiry 

 respecting the action of poisons, the prosecution of which was com- 

 mitted by the Association at its last meeting to himself and Dr. 

 Roupell. — Report on the present state of physiological science, by 

 Prof. Clarke. 



The last Meeting of the Association was held in the large and 

 splendid hall of the college library, the galleries of which were set 

 apart for the accommodation of ladies. The doors were thrown 

 open about half- past two o'clock, when a great rush was made for 

 admission ; and a little after three o'clock, when the business com- 

 menced, the hall was tilled. A short time before this the Lord 

 High Chancellor Brougham made his appearance on the platform. 



It was announced to the Meeting by the President, Sir Thomas 

 Makdougal Brisbane, that invitations to the British Association 

 had been received from the Bristol Institution, the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of Liverpool, the Royal Dublin Society, the 

 Royal Irish Academy, the Geological Society of Dublin, and the 

 University of Dublin. At the final Meeting it was announced that 

 the General Committee had unanimously resolved that the invita- 

 tions of the constituted scientific authorities in Dublin should be 

 accepted j and that the next Meeting of the Association should be 

 held in Dublin, on Monday 10th August, 1835 ; and that the thanks 

 of the Association had been voted to the Bristol Institution, and to 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, from whom 

 invitations had also been received ; and the Rev. Vernon Harcourt, 

 General Secretary, stated the results of the proceedings of the Ge- 

 neral Committee on the subjects brought before them for considera- 

 tion by the Sectional Committees, as to grants of money, requests 

 for reports on the progress of science, and recommendations of spe- 

 cial subjects of scientific inquiry. They had authorized the appro- 

 priation of part of the funds of the Association for the purpose of 

 prosecuting particular researches in physical, chemical, geological, 

 zoological, botanical, and medical science, to the extent of 830/. 

 They had authorized the application for the continuation of Reports 

 on various branches of science to Rev. G. Peacock, Rev. J. Challis, 

 Rev. R. Willis, Mr. George Rennie, Prof. Rogers, and Mr. Steven- 

 son ; for a Report on the application of mathematical science to the 

 phenomena of heat, electricity, and magnetism ; on electro- 

 chemistry and electro-magnetism, to Dr. Rogetj on the zoology of 

 North America, to Dr. Richardson ; on the botany of North 

 America, to Prof. Hooker; on the geographical distribution of 

 plants, to Prof. Henslow j on the geographical distribution of in- 

 sects, to Mr. J. Wilson ; on the pathology of the nervous system, 

 to Dr. W. Charles Henry ; and on the effect of circumstances of 

 vegetation on the medicinal virtues of plants, to Dr. Christison. 



Various recommendations of special subjects for inquiry were 

 sanctioned by the General Committee, and ordered to be printed in 

 the next volume of the publication of the Association. 



