466 Proceedings and List of Papers read. 



(g) Nevertheless, the value of the phase lends some support to the 

 view that there is a real connexion between the change in 

 the moon's distance and earthquake frequency, since the 

 maximum frequency falls near the time of perigee. 



(fc) These conclusions have, in comparison with previous similar 

 investigations, a peculiar value, inasmuch as they are based 

 upon accurate statistics of fully 7000 earthquakes occurring 

 within eight years in a limited part of the earth's crust, 

 throughout which the seismic conditions may be assumed to 

 be fairly similar from point to point. 



February 11, 1897. 

 The LORD LISTER, 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. 



Communications from Professor OLIVER LODGE, F.R.S., and Dr. 

 LARMOR, F.R.S., on the recent discovery by Dr. P. Zeeman of the 

 effect of a magnetic field on the light emitted by a soda flame, were 

 read by the Secretary. 



The following Papers were read : 



I. "The Oviposition of Nautilus macromphalus." By ARTHUR 

 WILLEY, D.Sc., Balfour Student of the University of Cam- 

 bridge. Communicated by ALFRED NEWTON, M.A., F.R.S., 

 on behalf of the Managers of the Balfour Fund. 



II. "Report to the Committee of the Royal Society appointed to 

 investigate the Structure of a Coral Reef by boring." By 

 W. J. SOLLAS, D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the 

 University of Dublin. 



III. " The artificial Insemination of Mammals and subsequent possible 



Fertilisation of their Ova.' 3 By WALTER HEAPE, M.A., Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. Communicated by FRANCIS GALTON, 

 F.R.S. 



IV. " On the Regeneration of Nerves." By ROBERT KENNEDY, M.A., 



B.Sc., M.D. (Glasgow). 



