172 Proceedings. 



M.A., F.R.S. ; Alexander Hodgkinson, M.B., B.Sc.; 

 John Boyd ; John F. W. Tatham, M. A., M.D. ; Alderman 

 Joseph Thompson; Charles O'Neill, F.C.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 26th, 1892. 



Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., President, in 

 the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



Mr. Charles Bailey exhibited a Japanese botanical 

 text-book on timber trees, with thin specimens of the woods 

 cut in three directions, pasted in, as an illustration of 

 Japanese progress in technical education. 



Dr. SCHUNCK exhibited a specimen of woollen cloth of 

 Egyptian production in the fifth century, and read a letter 

 from Professor Beaumont describing it as an illustration of 

 coarse reed manufacture, and stating that the fringe had 

 apparently been added to the fabric. This was disputed 

 by Mr. J. J. Ashworth, who contended that the fringe 

 was an integral part of the fabric, which was similar to a 

 " rep " cloth of the present day, except that the fringe was 

 a continuation of the weft instead of the warp. 



