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During the past session the Society has arranged to exchange 

 publications with the following : — The University of New 

 Mexico, Albuquerque ; the Naturwissenshaftlicher Verein in 

 Hamburg, complete sets of whose Verhandlungen and Abhand- 

 lu7tgen have been acquired ; and the Agricultural Reseaich 

 Institute, Pusa, Bengal. 



The Chemical Abstracts^ published by the American Chemical 

 Society, have been added to the list of periodicals subscribed for. 



The publication of the Alevioirs and Proceedings has been 

 continued under the supervision of the Editorial Committee. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen for the 

 undermentioned gifts : — 



Dr. F. W. Jordan, for engraved portraits of John Dalton, 

 and of Thomas Young formerly Secretary of the Royal 

 Society. The latter is from a painting by Sir Thomas 

 Lawrence. 



Professor H. B. Dixon, F.R.3., for copies of the following 

 works by Robert Boyle : — " Hydrostatical Paradoxes," 

 1666; "New Experiments touching the Relation 

 betwixt Flame and Air," 1672 ; " Origine of Formes and 

 Qualities," 1667; and "Imperfection of the Chymist's 

 Doctrine of Qualities," 1676. 



Professor A. Schuster, P\R.S., for a set of the Publications 

 of the International Seismological Association. 



Mr. F. Nicholson, for defraying the cost of repairing and 

 re gilding the portrait of the Rev. George Walker, 

 which is hung in the Council Room. 



The Council awarded the Wilde Medal for 1908 to Dr. Joseph 

 Larmor, Sec.R.S., Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the 

 University of Cambridge, for his researches on the constitution 

 of matter and ether. 



