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Thursday, September 17th, 1868. 



The Forty-ninth Meeting of the Society was held at the Presi- 

 dent's House. 



Mr. Griffith was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of 

 the Committee. 



A proposal for the enlargement of the Society by admitting 

 Associates, and by allowing members to be elected from the 

 Remove, was referred ultimately to the Committee, 



Two designs for a Stamp for the Society, by Maudslay and 

 Welch, were exhibited by the President, with reference to a 

 proposal for offering a prize for similar designs. 



A Solan Goose's egg was exhibited and presented to the 

 Society by Dunn. 



The President made a few remarks on the past history and 

 future prospects of the Society, on succeeding to his office. 



Thursday, October 1st, 1868. 



The fiftieth Meeting of the Society was held at Mr. Bull's House. 



It was resolved that a Stamp be procured for the Society. 



The following were elected members. 



Johnson, Snell, Ingelow, Ritchie, Puckle, Faulder, Temple, 

 and Rendall, jun. 



The exhibitions were : — 



A Roman lamp, from the Villa of C. Aslnius Pollio, near the Baths of 

 Caligula, Rome . . . . . . . . By Evans. 



A fossil Vertebra of some cetaceous animal, from Norfolk ; a Quadruped 

 Duck . . . . . . . . . . By Clarke. 



Various fossil shells from the lower green sands of the Isle of Wight. 



By Balfotte. 



A spectroscope, and diagrams of Stellar Spectra (one of which was 

 made by Padre Secchi, of Rome) . . By Mr. Griffith. 



Mathesou then read a paper on " Spectrum Analysis," 



