Minutes of Meetings. 329 



November 30, 1853. — Mr. Gourlie, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mk. Aechibald Moebison, Commercial and Mathematical Teacher, 

 57 St. George's Place ; Mr. Robert Hill, 41 West George Street ; and Mr. 

 John Leslie, Merchant, 68 Hutcheson Street, were elected members. 



Professor William Thomson read a paper, giving an account of Caven- 

 dish's Electrical Investigations. 



December 14, 1853.— ITie Pkesident in the Chair. 



The following members were elected, viz : — Mr. Thomas Lester, M.E., 

 Heriothill, 137 Stirling's Road ; Mr. Thomas Hoey, Engineer, 93 Pitt 

 Street; Mr. George Martin, C.E., 107 Hope Street. 



Dr. Anderson read a paper " On the Chemistry of Opium." 

 Dr. Walker Arnott gave an account of the Diatomacese. 



January 11, 1854!.-— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. John Kennedy, 146 Buchanan Street, and Mr. James Anderson, 

 36 Surrey Street, were elected members. 



Dr. Walker Arnott continued his account of the Diatomacese ; and 

 Dr. Allen Thomson described some of the lower tribes of the Animal 

 Engdom. 



January 25, 1854. — The President in the Chair. 



Dr. DitVMjroND, 80 Bath Street, was elected a member. 



The President called the attention of the Society to the improved 

 arrangement of the Seats in the Hall, and proposed that a grant be voted 

 to the Council out of the funds for the purpose of increasing the comfort 

 of the seats and introducing a plan of lighting better fitted for the exhi- 

 bition of pictures and diagi'ams. 



Mr. Cockey, the Lil:)rarian, took occasion to mention that it would be 

 necessary to procure an additional Book-case without delay. He pro- 

 posed that the sum of £40 be voted for this purpose, and for completing 

 the improvement of the Hall. 



Mr. William Brown having seconded the proposal, and recommended 

 that the Seats should be furnished with Cushions, 



The Society voted, for the first time, that a sum of £40 be granted to 

 defray the expense of Book-case and improvements. 



Allen Thomson made a communication on some of the most recent dis- 

 coveries in Embryology. 



