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LL. D. ; " The Unity of Plan and Evidence of Design in the Animal 

 Kingdom, with comparison of the Facts of Natural History with the 

 Hypothesis of Danoinism" and '■'Mammals, from the Marsupials to the 

 Gorilla, as constrasted with Man," (two lectures) by Mr B. Waterhouse 

 Hawkins, F.L.S. ; ''■ Mechanical Equivalents," by Professor Fleeming Jen- 

 kin, F. R.S. ; "■Some of the Lower Forms of Animal Life," hy A^rWnx A. 

 Wilson ; Light and Spectrum Analysis," and " Voltaic energy and Electric 

 Light," (two lectures) by Mr Henry A. Severn. 



(tENeral Subjects. — " The Tasmanians, an extinct Race of Men," 

 by Professor Flower, LL.D., F.R.S. ; ''■The Greenock Harbour Works," 

 by Mr W. R. Kinipple, M. Inst.C.E. ; "Scotland in the days of Queen 

 Anne," by Professor Stoughton, D.D. 



In addition to the foregoing lectures " a Pianofoiie Recital, with com- 

 ments," was given by Mr Edward Dannreuther, of London. It should also 

 be noted that in the interval between the present and the previous sessions, 

 the Members had the opportunity of hearing a lecture on " Visible Speech 

 and Lip Reading" which was given under the auspices of the Society by 

 Professor Graham Bell, the inventor of the Telephone. 



In some past Sessions courses of lectures on special subjects have 

 been given under the auspices of the Society, but these were independent 

 of the ordinary programme, and were charged for separately. The Com- 

 mittee thought that it would be advantageous if in the present Session a 

 special series could be made to form part of the ordinary programme, 

 and after full consideration they selected " Economic Science " as the 

 subject for such a series, and made arrangements with Professor W. B. 

 Hodgson for the delivery of four lectures, the first being on the requisites 

 of production — "Natural Agents, Labour, Capital;" the second on 

 " Competition;" the third on "Combination," and the last on "Co-opera- 

 tion." These four lectures could not, of course, exhaust the extremely 

 important topics on which they treated, but it is the hope of the Com- 

 mittee that, in the words of the Lecturer, they gave " so much of insight 

 and interest as may stimulate and guide to more complete and 

 systematic study hereafter." 



The large audiences that were present at these four lectures, and the 

 evident interest with which they were listened to, encourage the Com- 

 mittee to believe that the course they adopted was a wise one, and that 

 they will be warranted in arranging for the delivery of a series of four or 

 more lectures, on one branch of science or literature, in next Session. 



The Watt Anniversary lecture was delivered by Mr Fleeming 

 Jenkin, F R.S., Professor of Engineering in the University of Edinburgh. 



The warmest thanks of the Society are due to Dr Wilson and Mr 

 Kinipple for the highly interesting and instructive lectures which they 

 delivered. 



With the grant of ^lo which was made at the end of last Session 

 for the purchase of scientific books of reference, the following works were 

 purchased : — Bell's British Quadrupeds, i vol. ; Yarrell's British Fishes, 

 2 vols. ; Morris's British Birds, 8 vols. ; Forbes' British Starfishes, i vol ; 

 Newman's British Butterflies and Moths, i vol. ; Spry & Shuckard's 

 British Coleoptera, i vol. These works are now in the Museum, and 



