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141 communications were made. Of these 101 were 
from Fellows, 4 from Foreign Members, and 21 from 
Corresponding Members of the Society. The remain- 
ing 15 papers were from individuals not belonging to 
the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary 
or by other Members. ‘The corresponding number of com- 
munications in the year 1872 was 143. 
These communications were submitted to the Committee 
of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 
respecting them. Seven were ordered to be printed entire 
in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 102 in the ‘ Pro- 
ceedings,’ such illustrations being in every case allowed as 
the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of 
the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were 
considered to be sufficient for publication. 
2. ScireENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 
The third and last part of the volume of ‘ Proceedings’ 
for 1873 has been completed and is ready for issue to the 
Subscribers. The whole volume for 1873 contains upwards 
of 800 pages, and is illustrated by 69 plates (mostly 
coloured) and a large number of woodcuts. 
Three Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ were issued 
in 1873, viz. :— 
Vou. VIII. Parr LY. (February, 1873). 
On the Organization of the Caaing Whale (Globioce- 
phalus melas). By Dr. James Murie, F.L.S., F.G.S., 
&e. With nine plates. 
Vou. VIII. Parr V. (March, 1873). 
A Description of ‘the Madreporaria dredged up during 
the Expeditions of H.M.S. ¢ Porcupine’ in 1869 and 1870. 
By Prot. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. (Lond.), F.R.S., F.G.S., 
Professor of Geology to King’s College, London. With 
eleven plates. 
Vor. VIII. Parr VI. (May, 1873). 
On the Osteology of the Marsupialia. (Part III.) Modi- 
fications of the Skeleton in the Species of Phascolomys. 
By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. With eight plates. 
