The following commuuications were made to the Society duriny the 

 Session : — 



Oct. 22nd.— " Excursions in 1SS4," . . , Mr James Beebner, M.A. 



„ „ "Soils: their Forniaiion and Classi-)^i^j^^^^^^rj,^^^ ^j j^ j^^^ 

 Jicatwn, . . . . ) ' ' 



•»r r-i1 .< mi r.^ r IT ^U T77 4 . j (" Ml" THOMAS REIP, Assistail t 111 tile 



lioy.hth.-'' The StorageofEncrgriinmtrated) K„pi„eerirg lioi-artment, Uui- 

 with Experiments), . . | versity College. 



TVT o« J u ,7.1 /TT ^i ^ D ,-1 J D • J ,, ( Mf Wm. M. FiSHER, L. D. S. E. C. S. , 



^o\.22nd..—" The Teeth of Reptiles and Birds, < -^ ' 



Dec. 3rJ.— " The Ether" (Illustrated with Ex- \ j^jj. j_ -^^ Capstick B.A. B.Sc. 

 perimenis), . . . j " ' >••)•• 



Dec. 17th.—" Jfotes on the Geoloqy of Western ) Mr W. N. Walker, F.G.S., Presi- 

 Sutherlandshire,'" . . i dent of the Society. 



,i TLT 4 m 1/1 „ „ >' ( Mr James Durham, F.G.S., Vice- 



„ „ '^ Notes on Two Volcanoes, . | p.-esident of ti.e Society. 



(Mr JoH^f Rattray, M.A., B.Sc, 

 Jan. 14th.— "/)iatom«," . . . . S Botanist to the Marine Station, 



{ Granton. 



T no.i- u ,,■ ■ rr • .- i Professor J. W. H. Trail, F.L.S., 



Jan. 28th.— " Microscopic Fungi, . . | Aberdeen University. 



■^ , ,H , .. „, ^ J ■ , • ^ ^ , .7 CMr Pt. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A., 

 Fth. nth.— "The Bdationship of Palaiontologi/) Assistant Lecturer in Biology, 

 to Biology, . . . y Univer.sity College, Liverpool. 



TMr J. T. Cunningham, B.A., 

 Yeh.25th.—" Marine Zoologij,-' . . . s Superintendent of the Marine 



( Station, Granton. 



Mar. UXh.—" Modern Methods of Biological \FToie?aoT D'Arcy W. Thompson, 

 atudy," .... J B. A., University College, Dundee. 



TIT n-.i << TTr ^1 /^i 4- " ( Mr David Cunningham, M. List. 



Mar. 2i)th.— " Weather Obsenatwns, . < C E F R Met Soc. 



To the contributors of these papers the Members of Council tender 

 their warmest thanks; but more especially do they feel their indebtedness 

 to several who came a considerable distance to read their communications 

 to the Society. 



The foundation of a Chair of Biology in University College, and 

 the appointment of Professor D'Arcy Thompson as its occupant, must 

 be a matter of much interest and congratulation to many of the Members 

 of the Society. Your Council trust that the increased facility for the 

 study of Natural Science thus afforded, together with the influence 

 exercised by the other Scientific Chairs in the College, will greatly 

 promote the usefulness and activity of the Society. 



The following Periodicals continue to be laid on the Library table : — 

 Weekly — Nature. 



Monthly — Science Gossip, the Geological Magazine, and the Journal of Botany. 

 Quarterly— The Scottish Naturalist. 

 Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 



