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 The following communication was also read : 



II. " Discussion of the observed Deviations of the Compass in 

 several Ships, Wood-built and Iron-built; with General 

 Tables for facilitating the examination of Compass-devia- 

 tions." By G. B. AIRY, Esq., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. 

 Received September 14, 1855. 



[A paper by the author, with the above title, was read on the 

 21st of June, 1855 ; it was subsequently withdrawn for the intro- 

 duction of certain alterations, and, so altered, constitutes the present 

 communication. An abstract is given under the above date, p. 491.] 



November 30, 1855. 



Anniversary. A Report of this Meeting will appear in a subse- 

 quent Number. 



December 6, 1855. 

 Sir BENJAMIN BROD1E, Bart., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Chairman announced that the President had appointed the 

 following gentlemen Vice-Presidents : 



Colonel Edward Sabine, R.A. 



Rear-Admiral Beechey. 



Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. 



Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Sir Philip de M. G. Egertou, Bart. 



William Allen Miller, M.D. 



