CONTENTS.-No. CIX. 



JOURNAL or THE TRANSACTIONS. 



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Ordinary Meeting, April 16th, 1894 1 



On the Religious Ideas of the Babylonians ... 1 



Discussion, Communications and Speeches from Major C. R. 



Conder, LL.D. ; the Rev. Dr. Lowy ; and others .... 28 



" Some Annotations." By Professor Fritz Hommel, Ph.D. 34 



Ordinary Meeting, May 7th, 1894 39 



Items of Chinese Ethics and Philosophy. By Surgeon-General 

 C. A. Gordon, C.B 39 



Discussion. Remarks by Sir Thomas F. Wade, G.C.M.G., 



K.C.B. ; AND others 74 



Annual Meeting. The Twenty-Seventh Report 79 



The Annual Address. — On the Luminiferous Ether. By Sir G. 



Gabriel Stokes, Bart., F.RS., the President 89 



Speeches by — 



His Excellency the Hon. T. F. Bayard, United States 



Ambassador. 

 Sir H. Barkly, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S. 

 Sir J. Fayrer, K.C.S.I., F.R.S. 

 Admiral H. D. Grant, C.B., R.N. 

 Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 Canon Girdlestonb, M.A. ; and 

 Mr. a. McArthur 100 



^:^* The Institute's object being to investigate, it mzist not be held to endorse 

 the various views expressed at its meetings. 



