484 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



SESSION CXXYIII. 



Wednesday, 16th November 1898.— Benj. N. Peach, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Hugh Miller, Esq., F.Z.S.; Thomas Nicol Johnston, M.B., CM. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "Contributions to the Natural History of the Polar Bear" {JJrsus mari- 



timus, Linn.). By Reginald K(ettlitz, Esq., M.R.C.S., F.R.C.P. 

 Communicated by W. S. Bruce, Esq. 



2. ' ' Note on Brtjohia pretiosa as a House Pest. " By J. Arthur Thomson, 



Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E., and R. Stewart MacDougall, Esq., D.Sc. 



Wednesday, 2lst December 1898.— Benj. N. Peach, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 David Waterston, Esq., M.A., M.B., CM., F.R.CS.E.; David Russell, 

 jun., Esq.; James Bisset, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



The following Office- Bearers for the Session were elected : 



President— B. N. Peach, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents— liient -Col. Bailey, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.E. ; Robert Munro, 

 M.A., M.D., F.R.S.E.; J. S. Flett, M.B., B.Sc. 



Secretary— K. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



Assistant- Secretary — Percy H. Grimshaw, F.E.S. 



Treasurer — George Lisle, F.F.A., CA. 



Librarian— 3 . Stuart Thomson. 



Oouncillors—5 . G. Goodchild, F.G.S.; R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc; 

 Professor Malcolm Laurie, M.A., D.Sc; Professor Sir John Struthers, 

 M.D., LL.D.; Professor J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. ; Lieut.-Col. R. G. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay; T. B. Sprague, LL.D.; Andrew Wilson, L.D.S. ; 

 J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., F.R.S.E. ; William Evans, F.R.S.E.; Gregg 

 Wilson, M.A., D.Sc; William S. Bruce. 



The Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian submitted their Annual Reports. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "Results of Feeding Drosera with various Chemical Foods." By Miss 



HuiE. Communicated by W. C Crawford, Esq., F.R.S.E. With 

 Limelight Illustrations. 



2. " On the Age of the Shetland Old Red Sandstone. " By J. S. Flett, Esq., 



M.B., B.Sc 



