February c^lh, i^og.] PROCEEDINGS. xv 



accessions to the Society's Library : — " Second Report on Research 

 Work... on the N'egative Restilts of the Examination of... Raw 

 Water... for... Typlioid Bacillus^' by A. C. Houston (foL, London, 

 1908), presented by the Metropolitan Water Board ; " National 

 Antarctic Expedition., igoi04, Album of Photographs and 

 Sketches,^' and " Album of Fa?toramas,'" 2 vols, (fol , London, 

 1908), and '^Reports to the Evolution Committee. Report 

 IV." by W, Bateson and others (8vo., London, 1908), 

 presented by the Royal Society of London ; " Legeeringen 

 van Tin en Lood. Proefschrift^' door P. N. Degens (8vo., 

 Dordrecht, 190S), "■ Der niederldndische Boden u. die Ablage- 

 rungen des Rheines u. d. Maas" door P. Tesch (8vo., n. pi., 

 1908), presented by the Technische Hoogeschool te Delft ; 

 " Capture and Escape" by J. A. Kellogg (8vo., n. pi, 1908), 

 " The Vicksburg Campaign,'' by W. F. Vilas (8vo., n. pi., 1908), 

 presented by the Wisconsin History Commission ; " Summary 

 Report on Explorations in N'ova Scotia, igoy" by H. Fletcher 

 (8vo., Ottawa, 1908), " TJie Geology and Mineral Resources of 

 Neiv Brunswick,'' by R. W. Ells (8vo., Ottawa, 1907), presented 

 by the Geological Survey of Canada ; " Codex Diplomaticus 

 Lusatiae superioris III.," Hft. 4, von R. Jecht (8vo, Cbrlitz, 

 1908), presented by the Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft Wissen- 

 schaften, Gorlitz ; '■'■ Reseha historica de los Ferrocarriles del 

 Peru" por F. C. y Laurent (4to., Lima, 1908), presented by the 

 Cuerpo de Ingenieros Civiles del Lima ; and " Catalogue of the 

 MSS. in the library of the Huiiterian Museum, University of 

 Glasgozv,'" hy ]. Young and P. H. Aitken (fol., Glasgow, 1908), 

 presented by the University of Glasgow. 



Mr. W. H. Todd and Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt, i\LSc., 

 were nominated auditors of the Society's Accounts for the 

 session 190S-09. 



At this point AL. Fk.vncis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., occupied 

 the Chair. 



The President exhibited some of the apparatus with which 

 he, in conjunction with his research students, had been repeating 



