il.—STATEMENT OF PROCEEDIXaS. 



^he Treasurer's statement for the past year shows a balance against 



the Society of £4 13s. . x- , , 



The number of Members on the roll is 144, and the number of tickets 

 issued to Ladies and young persons is 118. 



The following Papers and Lectures were dehvered durmg the Session :- 

 Subjects in Science.-" Geographical Parallels" ^7 Professor John 

 Youn<r M D : ' The Growth and Manufacture of Sugar, by Mr Kobert 

 Blah- ''The Correlation of the Physical Forces," (Two Lectures) 

 by M; E. M. Dixou. B.Sc. ; " Light and Colour," (Two Lectures) by Mr 

 Eobert R. Tatlock, F.R.S.E., F.C.S. ; " The Homes of the People, by 

 MiJames Salmon, C.E. ; "Faraday's Lines of Force," by P'^'of^"^ J' 

 Clerk Maxwell, F.RS.L. & E. ; "On Spectrum Analysis, by Mr T. L. 

 Patterson FCS. ; " The Discoveries of Graham, the late Master of the 

 Mint'' bvMr T R 0-ilvie ; "The Illuminating Power and Impurities 

 of Co'al Gas "by D; Wilham' Wallace ; " The Scenery of Clyde Estuary : 

 its Character and Significance," by Professor John Young. Mi). 



In Belles-lettres, History and Art.—" Reading— Selections tiom 

 David Copperfield," b^ Mr G. W. Baynham ; " The Position and Claims 

 of WomeS;' by Miss Emily Faithful; '' Gothic Architecture mFanee 

 England, and Germany," (Two Lectures), by Dr Zerffi ; J '^^f ^" 

 We^stern' China, with the Expedit on under Ma] or » fen m 1867 and 

 18G8," by Mr Alex. Bowers ; " Our Australian Colonies, by Mr Geo. Elder. 

 The Session was opened by Dr Young, Professor of Natural History in 

 the University of Glasgow, with a paper on Geographical Pai-allels. 



The Watt Lecture was delivered by Professor Clerk Maxwell, F.R.b.L, 

 & E The subject of Lecture was Faraday's Lines of Force. 



During the Session a Class for English Literature was conducted by 

 Mr John Eraser, formerly Deputy Professor of English Literature in 

 Glasc^ow University. The Class was so successful as to warrant the 

 Committee in recommending that a similar class for prosecutmg some 

 other branch of study should be instituted next Session. 



The Committee had also tlie good fortune to secure the services of Dr 

 G G Zerffi, of the Science and Art Department of the South Kensing- 

 ton Museum, who dehvered Two Special Lectures on Art, and which 

 were highly appreciated. 



These extra efforts on the part of the Society have, with some repairs 

 on the Lecture Hall, entailed some additional expenditure, and, as will be 

 observed, there is a balance in the Treasurer's account against the Society. 

 The Committee, however, on reviewing the proceedings of the past 

 Session, conceive that they may fairly congratulate the Society on the 

 termination of a Session which otherwise has been more than usually 



SUCCGSSlUl* 



It is gratifying to remark that of the papers read no fewer than four 

 were given by Members of the Society, and that their character was 



