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Eleventh Meeting — April 3. 

 The President in the Chair. 

 Mr. John Brooks was elected an ordinary member. 



Twelfth Meeting— May 1. 

 J. B. Yates, Esq., in the Chair. 



Messrs. J. H. Macrae and J. Byerley were elected mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



The Secretary, in the name cf Mr. Highton, presented a 

 copy of his Essay on Atmospheric Electricity. 



Mr. Archer, in the name of Mr. Patterson, presented a 

 copy of his second volume of Zoology. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the donors. 



Mr. Higginson, in the absence of Dr. Hume, exhibited 

 some specimens of Cinnamon and of Nutmegs, enveloped with 

 their arillus of " Mace." 



A conversation then ensued respecting the probable supply 

 of Water from Wells sunk in the new red sandstone of this dis- 

 trict, and the comparative merits of Spring and Surface Water. 



Dr. Inman then read a paper on " The non-existence of 

 Pain in the Lower Animals." 



