ii Proceedings. {^October ist, igoj. 



W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, vol. 4, sect, i, parts 2, 3. (8vo, London, 

 1905 and 1907), purchased ; " The Advejittaes of Hadji B aba of 

 Ispahan" [by J. Morier] transl. from English into Persian 

 (8vo., Calcutta, 1905), presented by the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal ; " The Phalloids of Australasia" (8vo., Cincinnati, 

 1907), '■^ The Nidulariaceae or ^ Bird's-nest JFungi,''" (8vo., Cin- 

 cinnati, 1906), ^^ The Tylostomeae'" (8vo, Cincinnati, 1906), by 

 C. G. Lloyd, presented by the Lloyd Library of Cincinnati ; 

 "Zi? Opere di Galileo Galilei" ed. naz., vol. iii., parte 2 and 

 vol. xix. (4to, Firenze, 1907), " Ti-enf atmi di Studi Galileiani," 

 by A. Favaro (4to., Firenze, 1907), presented by the Italian 

 Embassy ; " The Comrntrcial Possibilities of West Africa" by 

 Viscount Mountmorres (8vo, Liverpool, 1907), presented by the 

 Liverpool University Listitute of Commercial Research in the 

 Tropics. 



The Secretary exhibited to the members an engraved 

 portrait of John Dalton, a lock of Dalton's hair, and a portrait of 

 Thomas Young, formerly Secretary of the Royal Society, 

 engraved by Adcock, from the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 

 which were presented to the Society by Dr. F. W. Jordan. 



It was resolved that the thanks of the Society be accorded 

 to Dr. Jordan for his interesting gift. 



The President then delivered his Inaugural Address. 



The Address is published in full in the "Memoirs." 



General Meeting, October 15th, 1907. 



Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S,, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Ernest Rutherford, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Langworthy 

 Professor of Physics in the University of Manchester, 77, 

 Wihnslow Road, Withijigton, Manchester ; Mr. George H. 

 WiNSTANLEV, F.G.S., M.I.M.E., Lecturer in Mining Engineer- 

 ing and Mine Surveying in the University of Manchester; 

 Mr. H. George A. Hickling, B.Sc, Assistant-Lecturer and 



