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these formulas to the corrections of angles actually observed 

 in the operations in India, 



3d. On the Method of determining the Difference of Me- 

 ridians by the Culmination of the Moon. By Francis Baily, 

 Esq. F.R.S. V.P. Ast Soc. 



This paper was too long to permit its reading to be com- 

 pleted at the present sitting : we shall therefore reserve our 

 remarks upon it till it is concluded. 



Several very valuable books were presented to the Society. 



MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



Feb. 13. — Some observations were made on the Acacia 

 Catechu. A paper was read on a Bark termed the Malambo 

 Bark lately imported from America. 



Feb. 27. — Some observations were read on the alterations 

 in the Pharmacopoeia. 



March 1 2. — A paper was read, entitled " Observations on 

 the Anthoxanthum odoratum ; " by Thomas Rowcroft, Esq. 

 His Majesty's Consul General for Peru, communicated by Dr. 

 Bree, President. 



March 26. — Some remarks were made on the Croton 

 Tiglium by Mr. Pope of Oxford-street. 



April 9. — A paper on the Resina Acaroides, by Mr. W. 

 Bollaert, was read. 



MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



The fifty-first Anniversary Meeting of this Society was 

 holden at the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill, William 

 Shearman, M.D. President, in the chair. 



The Officers and Council for the ensuing year are as follow: 

 President: William Shearman, M.D. — Vice-Presidents : Henry 

 Clutterbuck, M.D. ; Henry James Cholmly, M.D. ; Sir Astley 

 Paston Cooper, Bart. F.R.S., and Thomas Callaway, Esq. — 

 Treasurer: John Andree, Esq. — Librarian: David Uwins, 

 M.D. — Secretaries : T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., and Thomas Calla- 

 way, Esq. — Secretary for Foreign Correspondence : Robley 

 Dungleson, M.D. — The other members of the Council: Drs. 

 Walshman, Hancock, J. G. Smith, Blicke, Blegborough, 

 Hopkinson, Stewart, Ley, Darling, Haslam, Pierce, Cox, and 

 Burne ; Messrs. Sutcliffe, Drysdale, Wender, K. Johnson, 

 Dunlap, Kingdon, Ward, Thomas Clarke, Burton Brown, 

 Lake, Ashwell, Edwards, Handey, E. Leese, Skair, Cordell, 

 Bell, Ellerby, Amesbury, T. Bryant, and Burrows. — Re- 

 gistrar : James Field, Esq. — The Fellow elected to deliver the 

 annual oration, in March 1825, Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, Esq. 



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