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2. Scientific Meetings. 



To the fifteen meetings for the despatch of scientific 

 business held in the Society's Rooms in Hanover Square in 

 1882, 138 communications were made. Of these, 106 

 were from Fellows, and 7 from Corresponding Members 

 of the Society. The remaining 25 papers were from 

 individuals not belonging to the Society, and were com- 

 municated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. 

 The corresponding number of communications in the year 

 1881 was 121. 



These communications were submitted to the Committee 

 of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 

 respecting them : 3 were ordered to be printed entire 

 in the 'Transactions' of the Society^ and 100 in the 'Pro- 

 ceedings,' such illustrations being in each case allowed as 

 the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of 

 the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were 

 considered to be sufficient for publication. 



3. Scientific Publications. 



The volume of ' Proceedings ' for 1882 is on the table. 

 It contains 827 pages illustrated by 61 plates. In the 

 following table are given the number of pages and plates 

 of the volumes of ' Proceedings ' for the past ten years : — 



Two Parts of the Society's 'Transactions' were issued 

 during the year 1882, namely : — 



Vol,. XI. Part VI. (January, 1882). 



On the Structure and Development of the Skull in the 

 Urodeles. By W. K. Parker, F.R.S. (with six coloured 

 plates). 



