TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



Jan. i8.— In HOiNOUR of the Birthday of James Watt (January 19): 

 " The Steam Engine since the Days of Watt." By Henry Dyer, 

 Esq., C.E., M.A., B.Sc, M.Inst.N.A., Vice-President of the 

 Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland ; lately 

 Principal of the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokio, Japan. 



„ 2^.— ''John Bull and Jacques Bonhomme" By M. Max O'Rell, London. 



Feb. I.— "A Dredging Cruise in the Atlantic. " Illustrated by the Oxy- Hydrogen 

 Lantern. By Rev. William S. Green, F.R.G.S., Carrigaline, 

 Cork. 



„ 2>.—'^ Ceylon, as seen by Myself." With Lime-Light Illustrations. By 

 Robert Wallace, Esq., Professor of Agriculture and Rural 

 Economy in the University of Edinburgh. 



I, 15. — " Pictures of the Year: The Academy and the SaJon." Illustrated by 

 the Oxy- Hydrogen Lantern. By Henry Blackburn, Esq., 

 London, Editor of Academy Notes, &c., &c. 



M 22. — Beranger: the Frettch Bums." With Illustrative Readings in French. 

 By M. Jules A. L. Kunz, Lecturer on French Literature in 

 Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and Queen Margaret College, 

 Glasgow. 



As has been the case in recent Sessions, this year's course 

 consisted of lectures on a variety of subjects by different lecturers. 

 The papers read have been chiefly of a literary nature ; last Session 

 scientific subjects predominated. The ability of the Committee to 

 provide first-class lectures largely depends on the funds placed at 

 their disposal. It has been their aim to maintain the high standard 

 hitherto attained, and they take the good attendance of the members 

 throughout the Session as an indication of their success in this 

 direction. 



For the Watt Anniversary Lecture the Committee were fortunate 

 in obtaining the services of Mr. Henry Dyer, C.E., M.A., B.Sc, 

 Glasgow, to whom the warmest acknowledgments of the Society are 

 due for his able lecture on " The Steam Engine since the Days of 

 Watt." The Committee recommend that, with Mr. Dyer's approval, 

 his lecture be printed as one of the Papers of the Society, and 

 distributed to the members. 



It will be noticed that limelight illustrations were a feature of 

 several of the lectures. The special thanks of the Society are due to 

 two of the members — Mr. Andrew Kerr and Mr. T. L. Patterson — 



