

LIKNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOX. 



Mr. Clement Reid exhibited and made some rem 

 fruit of a South European Maple {Acer monspessulanum) 

 interglacial deposit on. the Hampshire coast. 



Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger, who was present as a visitor, exhibited 

 some rare Britisli plants from the county Armagh, and gave an 

 account of their local distribution. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On a Collection of Plants from the region of Lhassa, made 

 by Surgeon-Captain W. G. Thorold in 1891, and a further Col- 

 lection from the Kuen-lun Plains made by Capt. H. P. Picot in 

 1892." By W. Betting Hemsley, P.R.S., A.L.S. 



Dr. H. C. Sorby gave a demonstration with tlie oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern, and exhibited a number of slides which he had prepared 

 of small marine organisms, many of them extremely beautiful, 

 mounted transparently so as to show the internal structure. 



April 20th, 1893. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewabt, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Aubyn B. E. Trevor-Battye was elected a Fellow. 



The President announced that the following Auditors to 



examine the Tr^-asurer's Accounts had been nominated by the 



Council, viz. : — 



t;. .7 ^ -7 f Dr. John W. S. Meikleiohn. 

 For tie Council | ^^ ^ ^ ^ Y,zXi^v^. 



-ny J.1 -TMi \ Mr. Charles James Breese. 

 For the Fellows | ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^^^ 



On Mr. Breese stating his inability to attend, the name of 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby was, with that gentleman's consent, substituted 

 for it, and the Auditors thus nominated were, by show of hands, 

 unanimously elected. 



The President took occasion to notice the retirement of Mr. F. 

 H. Kingston after 36 years' service as Lodge Keeper, and pre- 

 sented him with a testimonial in the shaj)e of a cigar-case con- 

 taining £35 in Bank Notes, which had been subscribed on his 

 behalf by all the Societies in Burlington House. The presentation 

 was suitably acknowledged by the recipient. 



Mr.^J. E. Harting exhibited some photographs of Burlington 

 House with the gateway as it existed before the rebuilding in 



