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to the geologist of the discovery of an osseous structure in the ver- 

 tebral columns of the Plagiostonii, and one or two instances were re- 

 ferred to in illustration of this part of the subject. 



2. Farther Observations on Glaciers, by Professor Forbes. 



Previous to the reading of the papers, the President announced 

 that the Keith Prize had been awarded by the Council to Professor 

 Forbes for his Papers on Glaciers. 



The following Gentlemen were duly elected Ordinary Fellows 



of the Society : — 



Nicholas Grut, Esq. 



Rev. Archibald Bennie, one of the Ministers of the City. 



David Stevenson, Esq., Civil Engineer. 



Dr J. Y. Simpson, Professor of Midwifery, Edin. Univ. 



The following Donations of Books to the Society's Library 

 were announced : — 



Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. xiii. 



Part 1. — By the Society. 

 The American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Professor 



Silliman and Benjamin Sillinian, Jun. January 1844. — By 



the Editors. 

 Scheikundige Onderzoekingen, Gedaan in het Laboratorium der 



Utrechtsche Hoogeschool. 2d Deel. 2d Stuk. — By the Editors. 

 Flora Batava. No. 131. — By the King of Holland. 

 Maps of the Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. Sheets 



Nos. 88 and 89. By the Master-General of the Ordnance. 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps — Academiens Handlingar for Ar 1841. 

 Arsberattelse om Framstegen i Kemi och Mineralogi, af Jac. Ber- 



zelius, for 1841, 1842, och 1843. 

 Arsberattelse om Technologiens Framsteg Ar 1841, af G. E. 



Patsch. 

 Arsberattelse om Zoologiens Framsteg under Aren 1840, 1842, 



af C. H. Boheman. 

 Berattelse om Astronomiens Framsteg for Aren 1837, 1841, af 



N. H. Selander. — By the Boyal Academy of Sweden. 



