xcii REPORT — 1886. 



1886. £ s. a. 



Zoological Literature Record . 100 



Exploration of New Guinea... 150 



Secretion of Urine 10 



Re.searches in Food- Fishes and 



Invertebrata at St. Andrews 75 



Electrical Standards 40 



Volcanic Phenomena of Vesu- 

 vius 30 



Naples Zoological Station 50 



Meteorological Observations 



onBenNevis 100 



Prehistoric Race in Greek 



Islands 20 



North- Western Tribes of Ca- 

 nada 50 



Fossil Plants of British Ter- 

 tiary and Secondary Beds... 20 



£ s. d. 

 Regulation of Wages under 



Sliding Scales 10 



Exploration of Caves in Nortli 



Wales 25 



Migration of Birds 30 



Geological Record 100 



Chemical Nomenclature 5 



Fossil Phyllopoda of Palieozoic 



Rocks 15 



Solar Radiation !l 10 6 



Magnetic Observations 10 10 



Tidal Observations 50 



Marine Biological Station at 



Granion 75 



Physical and C})emical Bear- 

 ings of Electrolysis 20 



.€995 S 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday, September 1, at 8 p.m., in the Town Hall, the Right 

 Hon. Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., M.P., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.L. & E., 

 F.C.S., resigned the office of President to Principal Sir J. William 

 Dawson, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., who took the Chair, 

 and delivered an Address, for which see page 1. 



On Thursday, September 2, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place at the Exhi- 

 bition, Bingley Hall. 



On Friday, September 3, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Mr. A. W. 

 Riicker, M.A., F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on ' Soap Bubbles.' 



On Monday, September 6, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor 

 W. Rutherford, M.D., delivered a Discourse on ' The Sense of Hearing.' 



On Tuesday, September 7, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the 

 Council House and Museum and Art Gallery. 



On Wednesday, September 8, at 2.30 p.m., the concluding General 

 Meeting took place in the Town 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 Manchester. [The Meeting i.s 

 appointed to commence on Wednesday, August 31, 1887.] 



