CONTENTS, 

 VOL. XXII. 



No. 143. December 1, 1873. 



Page 



Anniversary Meeting : 



Report of Auditors 1 



List of Fellows deceased, &c. since last Anniversary 1 



elected 2 



Address of the President 2 



Presentation of the Medals , 10 



Election of Council and Officers 12 



Financial Statement 14 & 15 



Trust Funds 16-18 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of 1000 annually voted by Par- 

 liament to the Royal Society (the Government Grant), to be employed 

 in aiding the advancement of Science ,_ -19 



Report of the Kew Committee 20 



December 11, 1873. 



A Quantitative Investigation of certain Relations between the Gaseous, the 

 Liquid, and the Solid States of Water-Substance. By Professor James 

 Thomson, LL.D., Queen's College, Belfast 27 



On the Action of Heat on Gravitating Masses. By William Crookes, 

 F.R.S. &c T ; 37 



On the Male, and the Structure of Thaumops pettucida. By R, von Wil- 

 lemoes-Suhm, Ph.D., H.M.S. < Challenger ' 42 



On the Bending of the Bibs in Forced Breathing. By Arthur Ransome, 

 M,D 42 



December 18, 1873. 



On the Period ctf flemispheral Excess of Sun-spots, and the 26-day Period 

 of TerrestrifJ Magnetism, By J, A, Broun, F,R,S, , , , , 43 



