LIST OF PAPERS READ 



AT THE SOCIETY, 

 From the end of the 10th Session, to the end of the 33rd Session, May, 1844. 



In 1821, a list of the various Communications laid before 

 the Society up to that date, was printed in a pamphlet 

 form, and it can still he obtained by the Members. The 

 subjoined list is less detailed, but is an interesting his- 

 torical link, between the earliest printed Eecords of the 

 Society, and the present publication : — 



SESSION X. 

 1821. 

 April 7. — Applicatiou of the Malthusian principles to the 

 case of Charitable Institutions.* — Mr. D. Wylie. 



SESSION XI. 



Oct. 5. — The Impolicy of levying Custom House Duties in 



Great Britain on objects of Natural History. — 



Dr. Traill. 

 Nov. 2. — Statistical Notices suggested by the late Population 



Keturns. — Mr. Merritt. 

 Dec. 7. — Physiological remarks on certain functions of the 



Lungs. — Dr. Carson. 

 1822. 

 Jan. 5. — Description, from personal observation, of Mr. 



Owen's establishment at New Lanark. — Mr. J. 



Smith. 

 Feb. 1 . — Notice of irregularities in the action of a Miner's 



Dial, occasioned by the magnetism of the brass 



limb and ring attached to it. — Mr. Bywater. 



* This Paper was accidentally omitted in the List printed formerly. 



