1 REPORT — 1861. 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday Evening, September ■i, at 8 p.m., in the Free Trade Hall, 

 The Lord Wrottesley, F.R.S., resigned the office of President to William Fair- 

 bairn, Esq., F.R.S., who took the Chair and delivered an Address, for which 

 see page li. 



On Thursday Evening, September 5, at 8 p.m., a Soiree, with Microscopes, 

 took place in the Free Trade Hall. 



On Friday Evening, September 6, at 8 p.m., in the Concert Room, Pro- 

 fessor W. A. Miller, F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on Spectrum Analysis. 



On Saturday Evening, September 7, at 8 p.m., a Soiree, with Tt legraphs, 

 took place in the Free Trade Hall. 



On Monday Evening, September 9, at 8 p.m., Professor Airy, Astronomer 

 Royal, delivered a Discourse on the late Eclipse of the Sun. 



On Tuesday Evening, September 10, at 8 p.m., the attention of the 

 Members was called by Dr. E. Lankester, F.R.S., to the labours of the 

 Field Naturalist's Society, and to the large collections in Natural History 

 placed in the Free Trade Hall. 



On Wednesday, September 11, at 3 p.m., the concluding General Meeting 

 took place in the Free Trade 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 Cambridge*. 



* The Meeting is appointeil to take place on Wednesday, the 1st of October, 1862. 



