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December 14. 



The Rev. J. BOOTH, LL.D., F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



Mr. Charles Edlin, Mr. J. Faram, the Rev. Andrew 

 M'Conkey, arid Mr. Alfred Rimmer, were elected Mernhers 

 of the Society. 



Ihe following recommendations from the Council were 

 read : — 



" That a Gold Medal, of the value of Ten Guineas, be 

 offered by the Society for the best Essay on a given subject. 



" That the Council be authorised to subscribe ten 

 guineas, towards the publication of Mr. Price's new work 

 on the Natural History of the Birkenhead Shore. 



" That the Council be authorised to place themselves in 

 communication with the Committee of the Royal Institution, 

 with the view of obtaining for the Members of the Society 

 free admission to the Museums, Galleries of Sculpture, &c." 



The President appointed that an Extraordinary Meet- 

 ing should beheld, on the 28th inst., to take the two former 

 reeommgndations (involving a grant of money) into consi- 

 deration. The latter was declared duly carried. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited specimens of Hybrid Pheasants, 

 supposed to be between the common Pheasant and the 

 Capercailzie. 



The Rev. Thomas Dwyer exhibited some specimens of 

 hard earthy incrustations, from the inside of a marine 

 boiler. 



Mr. George M. Davis presented some tables, giving the 

 mean maximum and minimum temperatures for each month 

 of the year 1841, at Guanaxuata, Mexico, taken by Dr. 

 Edmonds, a Physician residing in that City, the lowest 

 being 57° the highest 74° of Fahrenheit. 



