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Sir T. Makdougall Brisbane. James Hunter, Esq. 



Dr Graham. Dr W. P. Alison. 



Literary Class.— Henry Mackenzie, Esq. President, 

 P. F. Tytler, Esq. Secretary. 

 Counsellors. — Right Hon. the Lord Advocate. Lord Meadowbank. 



Sir Henry Jardine. Thomas Kinnear, Esq. 



Sir John Hay, Bart. Dr Brunton. 



Dr Hibbert. Sir W. Hamilton, Bart. 



Dec. 3.— Dr Turner read the first part of a Paper, entitled " An Ex- 

 amination of the Ores of Manganese." 



A letter from Captain Parry to Dr Brewster was read, accompanying 

 two sets of hourly meteorological observations made on the ice and on board 

 the Hecla on the 17th of July last. The first of these sets of observations 

 were made in 824° N. lat., the highest at which a meteorological instrument 

 was ever used. The second set was made in lat. 79° 55' in a harbour on the 

 north-east of Spitzbergen. In this letter Captain Parry mentions the cu- 

 rious fact, that they experienced that season at least twenty times as much 

 rain as in any other summer they passed in the arctic regions. 



A Paper by Mr Thomas Graham, M. A. was read on the influence of 

 the Air in determining the Crystallization of Saline Solutions. 



The following, among many objects of natural history and the fine 

 arts, were presented to the Society by George S win ton, Esq. Secretary 

 to the Government, Calcutta, and F. R. S. E. 



1. Three fine Marble Statues of Burmese gods. 



2. Two Models, as large as life, of a Dwarf now in Calcutta. 



3. Head of a Dugong. 



4. Numerous Barrels and Bottles, containing Snakes from various 

 parts of India. 



5. An Armadillo. 



6. Ship Fish from Arracan. 



7. Head of a Horned Beetle. 



8. Book of Natural History in the Talien language. 



9. Two Dresses of Carian Women of Tavoy. 



10. Bamboo joints containing Tabasheer. 



11. Specimens of the Shola, in its natural state, and formed into sheets 

 like paper. 



12. Corals and Shells. 



13. Specimens of Oils, Varnishes, Bhela or marking Nuts, Gums, Mi- 

 -^' nerals, &c. 



■ 14. Stuffed Birds. 



15. Large Sponge, or Neptune's Cup, from Singapore. 



16. The Leaf Insect from Sylhet. 



17. Skeleton of a Boa Constrictor. 



18. Petrified Trunk of a Tree from the Irawaddy. 



19. Large Chama gigas from the South Seas. 



