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A^ov. 28. — " Observations upon the National Characteristics of 

 Skulls," by S. M. Bradley, F.RC.S., Lecturer on 

 Comj^arative Anatomy, Royal School of Anatomy 

 and Surgery, Manchester. Communicated by Pro- 

 fessor H. E. RoscoE, F.R.S. 

 Dec. 4. — " On a Plant of Ceyriis grandijiorus (Mill)," by R. D. 

 Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S., 

 " On Xenodochus carhonarius (Schl.), by the Rev. J. E. 



VizE, M.A. 

 " Experiments for Eradicating Tricoiiiliyton tonsurans,'^ 

 by Mr. John Barrow. 

 Dec. 5. — " On the Distribution of Rainfall under Different Winds 

 at St. Petersburg, during a Solar Spot Period," by 

 Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 

 Dec. 12. — "The Illness of the Prince of Wales and its Lessons," 

 by Edmund John Stson, L.R.C.P.E., &c. 

 "Account of a Remarkable Discovery of Prehistoric 

 Relics in Ehenside or Gibb Tarn, near Braystanes 

 Station, near St, Bees, Cumberland," by R. D. 

 Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S. 

 Dec. 26. — " Remarks on Cotton and Sugar nearly a Century ago," 

 extracted from the MS. Journal of the late Mr. 

 George Walker, by E, W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., 

 President. 

 '' On the Inverse or Inductive Logical Problem," by 

 Professor W. S. Jevons, M.A. 

 1872. 

 Jan. 9. — " On a Specimen of StauropteHs Oldhamia," by E. W. 

 Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 

 " On the Influence of Gas and Water Pipes in deter- 

 mining the Direction of a Discharge of Lightning," 

 by Henry Wilde, Esq. 

 "Once again— tlie Beginning of Philosophy," by the 

 Rev. T. P. KiRKMAN, M.A., F.R.S., Hon. Member 

 of the Society. 

 Jan. 15.— "On Nemosoma Elongata/' by Joseph Sidebotham, 

 F.R.A.S. 



