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a buried civilization, earning pur gratitude, and making a reputa- 

 tion which will cause his name to rank in history with those of 

 Layard, Rawlinson, Loftus, Young, Professor Flinders Petrie, 

 and other illustrious explorers. 



Special Meeting, March 22nd, 19 10. 



The President, Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., 

 in the Chair. 



The Wilde Lecture, on " Recent Contributions to 

 Theories regarding the Internal Structure of the 

 Earth," was delivered by Sir Thomas H. Holland, K.C.I.E., 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the 

 University of Manchester. 



General Meeting, April 5th, 1910. 



Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Geh. Prof. Dr. Walter Nernst, Director of the Physikal- 

 chemisches Institut in the University of Berlin was elected an 

 honorary member of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 5th, 19 10. 



Mr. Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the tables. 



Mr. Thomas Thorp, F.R.A.S., exhibited some stereoscopic 

 photographs of the Morehouse Comet, taken by Prof. E. E. 



