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November 20, 1862. 

 Major-General SABINE, President, in the Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting for the election of Council and Officers was given from the 

 Chair. 



Mr. Gassiot, Dr. Hooker, Prof. Clerk Maxwell, Prof. Sylvester, 

 and the Rev. R. Willis, having been nominated by the President, 

 were elected by ballot Auditors of the Treasurer's Accounts on the 

 part of the Society. 



Captain Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, R.N., and Mr, 

 Balfour Stewart were admitted into the Society. 



Pursuant to notice given at the last Meeting, The Right Honour- 

 able James, Earl of Caithness, was proposed for election and imme- 

 diate ballot ; and the ballot having been taken, His Lordship was 

 declared duly elected. 



The following communications were read : 



I. " On the Synthesis of Tribasic Acids." By MAXWELL 



SIMPSON, M.B., F.R.S. (See p. 236.) 



II. " Notice of Remarkable Hailstones which fell at Headingley 



on the 7th of May, 1862." By THOMAS SUTCLIFFE, Esq. 

 (See p. 239.) 



III. " On the true Theory of Pressure as applied to Elastic 

 Fluids." By R. MOON, M.A. (See p. 242.) 



IV. "On the Nerves of the Liver, Biliary Ducts, and Gall- 

 bladder." By ROBERT LEE, M.D., F.R.S. (See p. 246.) 



V. "On the Volumes of Pedal Surfaces." By T. A. HIRST, 



F.R.S. (See p. 247.) 



VI. " On the Causes of various Phenomena of Attraction and 

 Adhesion, as exhibited in Solid Bodies, Films, Vesicles, 

 Liquid Globules, and Blood-Corpuscles." By RICHARD 

 NORRIS, Esq. (See p. 251.) 



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