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Mundaij, 9th Afj}-}/. 

 Dr ABERCllOMBIE, V. P. in the Chair. 



The following donations were presented : — 

 Report on the Physical Condition of the Assam Tea Plant, with 



reference to Geological Structure, Soils, and Climate. By John 



M'Clelland, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Establishment. — 



B^ (he Author. 

 Seventeenth Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and 



Literary Society at the close of the Session 1836-7. — By the 



Society. 

 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Academie des 



Sciences, 1838, 1" Semestre, Nos. 11, 12 — By the Academy. 

 Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, Nos. 54 and 55. 



— By the Society. 

 Nieuwe Verhandelingen der Eerste Klasse van het Konninklijk- 



Nederlandsche Instituut van Wetenscliappen, Letterkunde en 



Schoone Kunsten te Amsterdam, Vol. 6 — By the Institute. 

 Abhandlungen der Kuniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 



Berlin. 1835. 

 Bericht iiber die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen 



der KiJnigl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 



vom Mai 1836 bis Juni 1837. — By tJie Academy. 

 Bestimmung der Liinge des einfachen Secundenpendels fur Ber- 

 lin von F. W. Bessel. — By the Author. 

 Astronoraiscbe Beobachtungen auf der KiJniglichen Universit'its — 



Sternwarte in Konigsberg von F. W. Bessel. 18th part. — 



By the Author. 

 The Glasgow Mortality Bill for the year ending 31st December 



1887. By Henry Paul, Accountant. — By the Author. 

 Ordnance S«rvey of the County of Londonderry. Colonel Colby, 



R. E., F. R. S. L. & E. &c. Superintendent. Vol. I — By the 



Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 

 Views of the Architecture of the Heavens, in a Series of Letters 



to a Lady. By J. P. Nichol, LL. D., F. R. S. E — By the 



Author. 



The following communications were read : — 

 1. On the Origin and Compound Functions of the Facial 

 Nerve or Portio Dura of the Seventh Nerve. By Sir C. Bell. 



