Proceedings and List of Papers read. 437 



February 4, 1897. 



Sir JOSEPH LISTER, Bart., F.R.C.S., D.C.L., President, in the- 



Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks- 

 ordered for them. 



The President stated that a paper had been received from Dr. 

 Arthur Willey, Balfonr Student of the University of Cambridge, 

 the recipient of a Government Grant, and now staying at the Loyalty 

 Islands, to the effect that he had discovered the ova of Nautilus. 



The following Papers were read: :r- r i.. 



I. " On the Condition in which Fats are absorbed from the Intes- 

 tine." By B. MOORE and D. P. ROCKWOOD. Communicated 

 by Professor E. A. SCHAFER, F.R.S. 



II. " The Gaseous Constituents of certain Mineral Substances and 

 Natural Waters." By WILLIAM RAMSAY, F.R.S., and MORRIS 

 W. TRAVERS, B.Sc. 



III. " Some Experiments on Helium." By MORRIS W. TRAVERSA 



B.Sc. Communicated by Professor W. RAMSAY, F.R.S. 



IV. " On the Gases enclosed in Crystalline Rocks and Minerals." 



By W. A. TJLDEN, D.Sc., F.R.S. 



V. " On Lunar Periodicities in Earthquake Frequency," By C. G. 

 KNOTT, D.Sc., Lecturer on Applied Mathematics, Edinburgh 

 University (formerly Professor of Physics, Imperial Univer- 

 sity, Japan). Communicated by JOHN MILNE, F.R.S, 



