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series of meteorological observations than such as have been arranged 

 by him. The solution of the problem of the shortest route to and from 

 Australia is reserved, I believe, for Liverpool ; and I see no reason why 

 we should go out of Livei'pool for the arrangement of data so important 

 in connexion with the solution of this problem. 



SIXTH MEETING. 



Royal Institution. — January 9, 1854. 



J. B. YATES, Esii-, F.S.A., &c., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Rev. Dr. Hume, in which he 

 regretted his inability to be present at the meeting, and stated that 

 he had re(iuested his friend, the Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A., to read 

 his Paper on " English Dialects," in the event of such arrangement 

 meeting with the approbation of the Society. 



At the conclusion of the meeting the thanks of the Society were voted 

 to Dr. Hume, for his valuable Paper ; and also to Mr. Moore, for his 

 kindness in reading the Paper in the author's absence, and for the 

 able manner in wliich he offered explanations on some of the passages 

 of the Paper. 



SEVENTH MEETING. 



Royal Institution. — January 23, 1854. 



JOSEPH DICiaNSON, M.D., F.L.S.,&c., Pkesident, in the Chair. 



At an Extraordinary Meeting, held this evening, the following 

 recommendation of the Council was read and adopted, viz. : " To 

 consider the propriety of voting the sum of £50 to the funds of the 

 Local Committee of the British Association." 



