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achromatic microscope/ a large electrical battery,' and a 

 new discharging electrometer. * 



The General Meetings of the Society have continued 

 to derive interest from the philosophical and antiquarian 

 researches communicated by the members ; * and the accom- 

 modation of the Council room has been allowed to evening 

 parties which assemble for similar purposes of scientific 

 intercourse. A gratuitous evening lecture on geology 

 was delivered to the Members and their friends by Mr. 

 Phillips, at the season when the business of the spring 

 assizes collects the county together ; and it was attended by 

 a very crowded audience. Three courses of lectures 

 have also been given during the year to subscribers ; 

 the subject of the first* was the Structure of Animals, in 

 relation to their habits of life ; the second ® embraced the 

 general principles of Botanical Science, and the third' the 

 phenomena of Electricity and Galvanism. On none of these 

 lectures was any loss sustained by the Society ; and of the 

 course upon Botany the entire profits were transferred by the 

 liberality of the lecturer to the use of the garden. The 

 produce of the lectures given by the Keeper of the Museum 

 was assigned by the Council to himself; and this arrangement 

 was received with a satisfaction which manifested itself in a 

 numerous attendance on the course. He proposes in the 

 ensuing season to continue the subject, to develope in fuller 



1 Presented by S. Stapylton, Esq. « B> Mr. W. Gray, jun. 



' Presented by the Rev. Wm. Taylor. * See list of Communications, page 2S. 



« Delivered by Mr. Phillips. « gy t^e Rev. W. Hincks, F. L. S. 



* By J. Murray, Esq. F. S. A. &c. &c. 



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