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ratio,'' and to infer that what of reputed English science is not known to 

 him, does not exist to be known. Whilst, therefore. I wish M. Nickl^ 

 all success in extending our knowledge of the organismal distribution 

 of lluorine, I ask from him, now that he is made aware of the fact, 

 acknowledgment of my priority in reference to the discovery which 

 he specially claims, and of the other discoveries which the papers 

 referred to announce. 



The following Gentlemen were admitted Ordinary FelloM's : — 



Right Hon. John Melville, Lord Provost. 

 John Blackwood, Esq., 3 Randolph Crescent. 

 Bkinslet de Courcy Nixon, Esq., London. 



The following Donations to the Library were announced : — 



Monograph of the genus Abrothallus. By W. Lauder Lindsay, 

 M.D., 8vo From the Author. 



Reports of the Meetings of the Royal Institute of British Archi- 

 tects. — From the Institute. 



Meteorological Observations taken during the years 1829 to 1852, 

 at the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin ; to 

 which is added a series of similar observations made at the 

 principal trigonometrical stations, &c., in Ireland. Edited by 

 Capt. Cameron, R.E. ; Lieut.-Col. H. James, R.E., Superin- 

 tendent of Survey, 4to. — From the Right Hon, The Secretary/ 

 of State for War. 



Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society, XVII., No. 23, 

 8vo. — From the Society. 



Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de Cher- 

 bourg. Vol. III. (1855) 8vo. — From the Society. 



British Interests in the Canalization of the Isthmus of Suez. 8vo. 

 — From the Author, 



Papers read at the Royal Institute of British Architects, January 

 1857- 4to. — From the Institute. 



Tables showing the number of Criminal Offenders in England and 

 Wales in the year 1855. Folio. — From the Right Hon. the 

 Secretary of State. 



Instructions for making Meteorological Observations. — From the 

 Scottish Meteorological Society. 



