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General Meetings. 



On "Wednesday Evening, August 2, at 8 p.m., in the Music Hall, Professor 

 T. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.E.S., F.L.S., President, resigned the office of Pre- 

 sident to Professor Sir William Thomson, LL.D., F.E.S., who took the C'haii", 

 and delivered an Address, for which see page Ixxxiv. 



On Thursday Evening, August 3, at 8.30 p.m., in the Music Hall, F. A. 

 Abel, Esq. F.E.S., Director of the Chemical Department, Eoyal Arsenal, 

 Woolwich, delivered a Discourse on " Some Eecent Investigations and Ap- 

 plications of Explosive Agents." 



On Friday Evening, August 4, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the Uni- 

 versity Library. 



On Monday Evening, August 7, at 8.30 p.m., in the Music Hall, E. B. 

 Tylor, Esq., delivered a Discourse on " The llelation of Primitive to Modern 

 Civilization." 



On Tuesday Evening, August 8, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the Museum 

 of Science and Art. 



On Wednesday, August 9, at 2.30 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 Brighton*. 



* The Meeting is appointed to take place on Wednesday, August 14, 1872. 



