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Wcdncsdcuj, IStJi April 1877. — J. Falconer King, Esf[., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for, and duly elected as Eesident 

 ^lenihers : 



John J. Dalgleish, Esq. of West Grange, 8 Atlioll Crescent; Sir William 

 Gibson Carmichael, I3art., Castle Craig, Dolphinton. 



The following donations to the Libraiy were laid on the table, and thanks 

 voted to the donors : 



1. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. IX., Part 10. — 

 From the Society. 2. Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, 1874-7.5, 

 and 1875-76. Transactions, Vol. XXVII., Parts 3 and 4.— From tlie Society. 

 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. XXV., No. 176 (Dec. 

 1876), and No. 177. — From the Society. 4. Transactions of the Manchester 

 Geological Society, Vol. XIA^., Parts 6 and 7 (session 1876-77).— From the 

 Society. 5. («.) Catalogue of "Western Scottish Fossils; {b.) Some Leading 

 Industries of Glasgow, etc.; (c.) Fauna and Flora of the West of Scotland. — 

 From the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 6. Buckton's 

 Monograph of British Aphides, Vol. I. — Kay Society. 7. Kongliga Svenska 

 Vetenskaps — Akademiens {a.) Handlingar, Vol. XL; (&.) Bihang, Vol. III., 

 1; (c.) Oefversigt, for 1875; (d) Meteorologiska Jakttagelser, Vol. XV. — 

 From the Eoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 8. (a.) Windrosen des siid- 

 lichen Norwegens, von C. de Sene; (6.) Jaettegryder og gamle Strandlinier i 

 fast Klippe, by S. A. Sexe ; (c. ) Beretniug om den Internationale Meterkom- 

 missions mode i Paris, 24th Sept. — 12th Oct, 1872 ; {d.) Seven treatises by H. 

 Mohn, reprinted from the Transactions of the Christiania Academy of Sciences 

 for 1872-74 ; (c.) Etudes sur les Mouvements de I'Atmosphere, par Guldberg et 

 Mohn, premiere partie ; (/. ) Two treatises by C. M. Guldberg, reprinted from 

 the Transactions of the Christiania Academy of Sciences for 1872; {g.) Four 

 treatises by Sophus Lie, reprinted from the Transactions of the Christiania 

 Academy of Sciences for 1873. — From the Eoyal University of Norway at 

 Christiania. 9. Journal of the Linnean Society: (a.) Zoology, Vol. XIII. , 

 No. 67; (6.) Botany, Vol. XV., No. 88.— From the Society. 10. Annual 

 Report of the Geologists' Association, for 1876. — From the Association. 

 11. Compte rendu de Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg, 

 1877. — From the Society. 



The following communications were then read : 



I. Notes on the Various Methods of Water Analysis. By 

 John Hunter, Esq. 



My intention was to have laid before the Society to-night a 

 note explaining the different methods at present employed of 

 analysing water, and to have criticised these processes ; and 

 further, to have diagramatically shown the various ways in 

 wdiich analyses are formulated on being reported. 



As this, however, is the last meeting of the session, I pre- 

 sume there will be a considerable amount of w^ork to be got 

 through, and consequently I have cut my task down to a mere 



