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REPORT — 1895. 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday, September 11, at 8 p.m., in the Public Hall, Ipswich, 

 the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., D.C.L., F.R.S. (repre- 

 sented by the Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, D.C.L., Pres.R.S.) resigned 

 the office of President to Captain Sir Douglas Galton, K.C.B., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., who took the Chair, and delivered an 

 Address, for which see page 3. 



On Thursday, September 12, at 8.30 p.m., a Soiree took place at 

 the Museum. 



On Friday, September 13, at 8.30 p.m., in the Public Hall, Professor 

 Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., delivered a discourse on 'Magnetism in 

 Rotation.' 



On Monday, September 16, at 8.30 p.m., in the Public Hall, Pro- 

 fessor Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S., delivered a discourse on 'The Work 

 of Pasteur and its Various Developments.' 



On Tuesday, September 17, at 8.30 p.m., a Soiree took place at the 

 Museum. 



On Wednesday, September 18, at 2.30 p.m., in the Lecture Hall, 

 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 Liverpool. [The Meeting is 

 appointed to commence on Wednesday, September IG, 1896.] 



