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Feb. 27. — " Results of Observations Registered at Eccles, on the 

 Direction and Range of the Wind for 1869, as made 

 by an Automatic Anemometer for Pressure and Direc- 

 tion," by Thomas Mackereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 

 " On Black Bulb Solar Radiation Thermometers exposed 

 in Various Media," by G. Y. Verxon, F.R.A.S., 

 F.M.S. 

 *' Note on the Relative Velocities of Different Winds at 

 Southport, and Eccles, near Manchester," by Joseph 

 Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 



Mar. 5. — " Further Experiments on the Rupture of Iron Wire," 

 by John Hopkinson, B.A., D.Sc. 



Mar. 19. — "Additional Notes on the Lancashire Drift Deposits," 

 by E. W. BiNNET, F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 



A2?r. 16.—'' On the Trapping of Sewers," by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., 

 F.G.S., President. 

 " On a New Theory explanatory of the Phenomena 

 Exhibited by Comets," by David Winstanley, Esq. 



Several of the papers in the above list have already 

 been printed in the current volume of the Society's Memoirs, 

 and others have been passed for printing. 



The Council notice with regret that the alteration made 

 last year in the terms of admission of Sectional Associates 

 has not yet had the effect anticipated, no increase having 

 since taken place in the number of Associates. Nevertheless 

 they think it desirable to continue the system of electing 

 Sectional Associates during another year. 



The Libriirian reports that there has been a slight in- 

 crease in the number of the societies exchanging their 

 publications with the Society, there being at this date in 



England 86 Switzerland 9 



Scotland 12 Denmark 2 



Ireland 10 Sweden 5 



British India 8 Norway 4 



Australia and Tas- Italy 14 



mania 5 Austria &, Hungary 14 



