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Meeting, Jan. 18, 1892 55 



Address of Sympathy with Her Majesty, on the Death of 



H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale 55 



Address of Sympathy with Their Eoyal Highnesses the 



Prince and Princess of Wales, on the same 55 



Meeting, Feb. 1, 1892 56 



Message from Her Majesty the Queen Acknowledging the 



Institute's Address .... .... .... .... 56 



Message from Their Eoyal Highnesses the Prince and 



Princess of Wales Acknowledging the Institute's Address 56 



Paper "On the Weak Sides of Natural Selection." By J. 



W. Slater, Esq., F.C.S., F.E.S 57 



Discussion. Eemarks by Prof. E. Hull, LL.D., F.E.S. , 



and others 67 



Communications Eeceived 72 



Author's Final Eeply 82 



Meeting, Feb. 15, 1892 84 



Meeting, March 7, 1892 85 



On Serpent-Worship and on the Venomous Snakes of India 

 and the Mortality caused by Them. By Sir Joseph 



Fayrer, K.C.S.I., LL.D., M.D, F.E.S 85 



Discussion. Eemarks by Sir Eichard Pollock, K.C.S.I., 

 Surgeons-General Beatson, Cornish, CLE., C. A. 

 Gordon, C.B., Q.H.P., Admiral Grant, C.B., and others 



Special Communication from Dr. Augustus Mueller, of 

 Yackandandaii, Victoria, on Snake Poisoning, and his 

 Eesearches to obtain an Antidote 116 



Note 121 



* # # The Institute's object being to investigate, it must not be held to endorse 

 the various views expressed at its meetings. 



