VI 



Proceedings of the Soviet)/. 



ihe Society may think fit, and s'ating that the reports of the 

 numerous individuals by whom they had been used were such 

 as to justify his warranting- their being- in every respect fault- 

 less. 



Mr. Morris, Vice-Secretary, read an article extracted from 

 an Indian Paper, ou the use of Electricity in agriculture. 



(Thursday, 3rd December 1846. ) 



The Hon. G. F. Dick, President, in the Chair. 



Present : — Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, Mr. Bouton, Secre- 

 tary, and four ordinary members. 



Mr. W. Danfurd, 



The Rev. Mr. Banks, 



Mr. J. Davy, 



Mr. A. Vig-oureux, 



Mr. J. Langlois, 



Mr. J. Fraser, 



Dr. Ulcocq, and 



Mr. W. Bartlett, were elected Resident Members. 



Mr. Edward Hart was proposed by Mr. Bouton and second- 

 ed by Mr. Morris, Vice-Secretary. 



Mr. Corsane Cuninghame presented a tabular note of his 

 Meteorological Observations, from July 1845 to June 1846. 



Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, stated to the Society the results 

 of some very interesting experiments made by him for the 

 purpose of ascertaining the extent of the "tendency" or 

 " property " which various sugars possess of absorbing 

 moisture from the atmosphere, and the consequent influence 

 which this must have on the quality and commercial value of 



