xxxii EEPORT — 1881. 



General Meetings. 



Oa Wednesday, August 31, at 8 p.m., in the Exhibition, Andrew 

 Crombie Ramsay, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., V.p.G.S., Director-General of 

 the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, and of the Museum of 

 Practical Geology, resigned the office of President to Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart., M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., Pres. L.S., F.G.S., who took the 

 Chair, and delivered an Address, for which see page 1. 



On Thursday, September 1, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the 

 Assembly and Concert Rooms. 



On Friday, September 2, at 8.30 p.m., in the Exhibition, Professor 

 Huxley, LL.D., Sec. R.S., deUvered a Discourse on ' The Rise and Pro- 

 gress of Paleontology.' 



On Monday, September 5, at 8.30 p.m., in the Exhibition, William 

 Spottiswoode, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S., delivered a Dis- 

 course on ' The Electric Discharge, its Forms and its Functions.' 



On Tuesday, September 6, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the Ex- 

 hibition. 



On Wednesday, September 7, at 2.30 P.M., the concluding General 

 Meeting took place in the Exhibition, 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 Southampton. [The Meeting 

 is appointed to commence on Wednesday, August 23, 1882. j 



