1 REPORT—1862. 
General Meetings. 
On Wednesday Evening, October 1, at 8 p.m, in the New Assembly Room, 
Guildhall, William Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., resigned the office of President 
to the Rey. R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., who took the Chair, and delivered an 
Address, for which see page li. 
On Thursday Evening, October 2, at 8 p.m., in the New Assembly Room, 
Guildhall, Professor Tyndall, F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on the Forms and 
Action of Water. 
On Friday Evening, October 3, at 8 p.u., a Soirée, with Experiments, took 
place in the New Assembly Rooms. 
On Monday Evening, October 5, at 8 p.m., Dr. Odling, F.R.S., delivered a 
Discourse on Organic Chemistry. 
On Tuesday Evening, October 6, at 8 p.m., a Soirée, with Microscopes, 
took place in the New Assembly Rooms. 
On Wednesday, October 7, at 3 p.m., the concluding General Meeting took 
place, 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 Newcastle-on-Tyne*. 
* The Meeting is appointed to take place on Wednesday, August 26, 1863. 
