Febniavy iSth, iqtj.] Proceedings. xvii 



oj the Meetings held .... the looth Anfiiversary of the Founding 

 of the Academy . . . ." (Fol., Philadelphia, 1912), presented by the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ; " N'otice siir Henri 

 Poincare" by Ernest Lebon (8vo., Paris, 191 3), presented by the 

 Author ; and " Guide to the Search Department of the Patent 

 Office Library, with Appendices,'^ 4th ed. (i2mo., London, 1913), 

 presented by the Patent Office, London. 



The President referred sympathetically to the disaster 

 which had overtaken the Antarctic Expedition and the great loss 

 sustained by the deaths of Captain R. F. Scott and his 

 comrades. He drew attention to the necessity for the publica- 

 tion of a complete record of the scientific and geographical 

 knowledge acquired by the Terra Nova Expedition. 



Professor Elliot Smith, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., gave an 

 account of "The Sussex Skull and its Brain-Cast" 

 By the courtesy of Dr. Smith Woodward and Mr. Dawson, 

 Professor Elliot Smith was able to exhibit plaster casts of the 

 fragments of the Sussex Skull and the cast made from them to 

 represent the formation of the brain. An account was given of 

 the state of our knowledge of ancient man to illustrate the 

 importance of the new information supplied by the Sussex 

 remains. 



Special Meeting, March 4th, 19 13. 



The President, Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S., 

 in the Chair. 



At the Society's invitation, Mr. A. D. Hall, M.A., F.R.S., 

 delivered a Special Lecture on " The Plant and the Soil." 



