Mr. G. W. Brown oj» -Dn/f Weed Kelp from Orkney. 219 



Alumina "14:2 



Carbon, -920 



Hydrogen, "144 



Oxygen, 1"152 



Nitrogen, 658 29-209 



Soluble Salts. 



Sulphate of potash, 4-527 



Sulphate of soda, 3-600 



Sulphate of lime, *279 



Sulphate of magnesia, -924 



Sulphite of soda, "784 



Hyposulphite of soda, -220 



Sulphuret of sodium, 1-651 



Phosphate of soda, '540 



Carbonate of soda, 5-306 



Chloride of potassium, 26-491 



Chloride of sodium, 19-334 



Chloride of calcium, -229 



Iodide of magnesium, -316 



Bromide of magnesium, trace. 



Water, 6800 71-001 



100-210 



November 19, 1851. — Mr. Crtjm in the Chair. 

 The following were elected members, viz. : — Rev. Dr. Robson, Rev. 

 Dr. Memes, (Hamilton,) Messrs. John Thomson, civil engineer, William M. 

 Thomson, William Wright. 



The following is the substance of a report read by the Librarian on 

 the state of the library : — 



Every volume in the library has been inspected, and found to be in 

 good order. The missing volume of Whewell's Inductive Sciences, vol. 1, 

 has been recovered. The number of vols, in the library was, on the 1st 

 of November, 1851, as follows: — 



French periodicals, 308 vols. 



English periodicals, ..... 537 

 German periodicals, with 60 French vols, . 317 

 Societies' Journals, . . . . • 234 

 General science, ..... 229 

 Encyclopaedias, &c., .... 295 



Total in 1851. . . . 1920 

 Total in 1850, . . • 1683 



Increase, .... 237 



