James Thomson, Esq., Ci-vdl Engineer, proposed by Dr Thomas 

 Thomson of Glasgow, was duly elected an Ordinary Fel- 

 low of the Society. 

 The following Donations were presented to the Society 



since last Meeting : — 



Comptes Reiidus Hebdomadalres des Seances de rAcademie des 



Sciences. Tome xiii. Nos. 19, 20, 21. — Bi/ the Academy. 

 Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Neder- 



landsche Overzeesche Bezittingen, door de Leden der Natu- 



erkundige Commissie in Oost Indie en Andere Schrijvers. 



Afleverings 1, 2, 3. 

 Nouveaux Memoires de I' Academic Roy ale des Sciences et Belles 



Lettres de Bruxelles. Tome xiv. — By the Academy. 

 Memoires couronnes par 1' Academic Royale des Sciences et Belles 



Lettres de Bruxelles. Tome xv. Ptie- 1. — By the Academy. 

 Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Kouiglichen Universitats 



Sternwarte in Konigsberg. Von F. W. Bessel. 20te Abthei- 



lung. — By the Author. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society. No. 49. 

 Catalogue of Miscellaneous Literature in the Library of the 



Royal Society. 8vo. — By the Society. 

 An Account of the Vegetation of the Outer Hebrides. By J. H. 



Balfour, M.D., F.R.S.E.— By the Author. 

 Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series 



of Comparative Anatomy contained in the Museum of the 



Royal College of Surgeons in London. Vols. 4, 5. 4to. — 



By the Royal College of Surgeons. 



Monday, od January 1842. 



Dr HOPE, Y.P. in the Cham 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On the Cultivation of the Sugar- Cane in Spain. By Dr 

 Traill. 



He prefaced it by a short sketch of the knowledge which the 

 ancients had of this plant, of its introduction into Europe, and 

 from thence into the American Islands. He endeavoured to 

 shew, from Spanish authorities, that very soon after the disco- 

 very of America, the Spaniards carried the sugar-cane, among 

 other useful plants, with them to the West Indies, and sedulously 



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