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Proceedings. 



keenly advocate large gatherings being made of all the 

 forms of our species, and what is more important, they 

 should, if possible, be placed under cultivation, before any 

 decision be attempted as to their specific or sub-specific 

 merits. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 5th, 1889. 



Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The President referred to the loss sustained by the 

 Society through the death of Mr. RICHARD PEACOCK, M.P., 

 M.InstC.E. 



The first of a series of papers entitled, " Colour and its 

 relation to the Structure of Coloured Bodies, being an 

 investigation into the Physical Cause of Colour in natural 

 and artificial bodies, and the Nature of the Structure 

 producing it," by ALEXANDER HoDGKINSON, M.B., B.Sc, 

 was read by the author. 



