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The following Candidates were duly elected Fellows of the 



Society : — 



Dr James Andrew, F.R.C.P. 



Dr Geo. Wilson, Lecturer on Chemistry. 



The following Donations were announced : — 



The Journal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the Highland 



and Agricultural Society of Scotland, for January 1815. — 



By the Society. 

 Arsberattelse om Zoologiens Framsteg under aren 1840-42. Af 



S. Loven. 

 Arsberattelse om Framstegen i Kemi och Mineralogafgiven, den 



31 Mars 1844. Af Jac. Berzelius. 

 Arsberattelse om Botaniska Arbeten och Upptackter for ar 1838. 



Af J. E. Wikstrom. • 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, for ar 1842. 

 Ofversiorht af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Forhandlingar, 1844. 



Nos. 1 to 7. — By the Academy. 

 The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. No. 15, Parts 1, 2. — 



By the Society. 

 Observations Meteorologiques faitesaNijne-Taguilsh (Monts Oural) 



Government de Perm. Annee 1842. 

 Mittlere Oerter von 12,000 Fix-Sterneu, von Carl Rumker. Part 



1, containing pp. 1-47. — By Sir Thomas Brisbane. 



Monday, 20th January 1845. 

 The Right Reverend Bishop TERROT, V. P., in the Chair. 



The following Communications were read : — 



1. Some Account of the Magnetic Observatory at Makerstoim, 

 and of the Observations made there. By J. A. Broun, 

 Esij. Communicated by Sir T. M. Brisbane, Bart. 



The observatory is situated on a rising ground forming the left 

 bank of the Tweed, and is at a distance of about fifty yards from the 

 Astrononiical Observatory. It is built of wood ; copper nails were 

 used, and all iron carefully excluded from the building. 



The plan of the observatory is rectangular, 40 feet long by 20 

 broad : it is divided into one large room to the north, 40 feet by 12, 



