xcli REPORT—1885. 
General Meetings. 
On Wednesday, September 9, at 8 p.m., in the Music Hall, the Right 
Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., 
resigned the office of President to the Right Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, 
K.C.B., M.P., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S. L. & E., F.C.S., who took the Chair, 
and delivered an Address, for which see page 1. 
On Thursday, September 10, at 8 P.m., a Soirée took place in the Art 
Gallery. 
On Friday, September 11, at 8 p.m., in the Music Hall, Professor 
W. G. Adams, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., delivered a Discourse on ‘ The 
Electric Light and Atmospheric Absorption.’ 
On Monday, September 14, at 8.30 p.u., in the Music Hall, Mr. John 
Murray, F.R.S.E., delivered a Discourse on ‘ The Great Ocean Basins.’ 
On Tuesday, September 15, at 8 p.m., a Soirée took place in the Art 
Gallery. 
On Wednesday, September 16, at 2.30 p.m., the concluding General 
Meeting took place in St. Katherine’s Hall, when the Proceedings of the 
General Committee and the Grants of Money for Scientific purposes 
were explained to the Members. 
The Meeting was then adjourned to Birmingham. [The Meeting is 
appointed to commence on Wednesday, September 1, 1886. ] 
