Ixviii REPORT — 1872. 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday Evening, August 14, at 8 p.m., in the Dome, Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, LL.D., F.R.S., President, resigned the office of President 

 to Dr. W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., P.R.S., who took the Chair, and delivered an 

 Address, for which see page Ixix. 



On Thursday Evening, August 15, at 8 p.m., a Soire'e took place in the 

 Dome, Corn Exchange, and Museum. 



On Eriday Evening, August 16, at 8.30 p.m., in the Dome, Professor P. 

 Martin Duncan, M.D., F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on " Insect Metamor- 

 phosis." 



On Saturday Evening, at 8 p.m., in the Dome, William Spottiswoode, LL.D., 

 E.R.S., delivered a Discourse entitled " Sunshine, Sea, and Sky," to the 

 Operative Classes of Brighton. 



On Monday Evening, August 19, at 8.30 p.m., in the Dome, Prof. W. X. 

 Clifford delivered a Discourse on " The Aims and Instruments of Scientific 

 Thought." 



On Tuesday Evening, August 20, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the 

 Dome, Corn Exchange, and Museum. 



On Wednesday, August 21, at 2.30 p.m., the concluding General Meeting 

 took place, when the Proceedings of the General Committee, and the Grants 

 pf Money for Scientific purposes, were explained to the Members. 



The Meeting was. then adjourned to Bradford*. 



* The Meeting is appointed to take place on Wednesday, September 17, 1873. 



