214 Proceedings, &c., for 1872. 



11th November, 1872. 

 The President in tlie chair. 



The President announced the retirement of the following office- 

 bearers under the IXth Law : — President, R. L. J. Ellery, Esq. ; 

 Vice-Presidents, A. K. Smith, Esq., and Professor Wilson ; Treasurer, 

 R. Willan, Esq.; Secretary^ H. K. Rusden ; Librarian, Dr. ISTeild. 

 Members of the Council, C G. Casey, Esq., J. Flannigan, Esq., 

 E. Howitt, Esq., S. W. McGowan, Esq., F. Poolman, Esq., J. T. 

 Rudall, Esq. Non-retiring Members of Council being Dr. Barker, 

 J. Bosisto, Esq., C Foord, Esq., the Rev, Wm. Kelly, Baron Yon 

 Mueller, and G. H. F. Ulrich, Esq. Nominations to the vacant 

 offices to be made at the following meeting in December, or by 

 letter before the 1st March, 1873. The elections to be made by 

 ballot at the Annual Meeting on 11th March, 1873. 



The receipt of the following publications was acknowledged : — 

 "Nature," July 4 to 25 ; "Journal of Applied Science," 1st Nov. 

 '71 to 1st Aug. '72 ; " Quaritch's Catalogue"; "Journal of Statis- 

 tical Society," June to Dec. 1871; "Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society," 119 to 129; "Journal Royal Geographical Society of 

 Ireland" for 1871; "Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Edinburgh," 1870-1 ; " Blanford's Geology of Abyssinia," pre- 

 sented by the Government of India ; "Transactions and Proceedings 

 of the Botanical Society"; "On Constituent Minerals of the 

 Granites of Scotland," by the Rev. S. Haughton ; " On the 

 difference between a Hand and Foot," by the Rev. S. Haughton ; 

 "Nineteenth Annual Report of the Liverpool Free Library"; 

 " Magnetical and Meteorological Observations in Batavia," Vol. I. ; 

 "United States Coast Survey," 1868; " United States Patent 

 Office Reports," 1868, 4 vols. ; " Smithsonian Report," 1870 ; 

 "Etudes sur les Races Indigenes de 1' Australie " ; " Bulletin de la 

 Society Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow," 1871; " Memoirs de 

 la Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord," 1868-9, 4 numbers; 

 " Tahresberichte der PoUichia ;" " Abhandlungen herausgegeben 

 vom Naturwissen schaftlichen Verein zu Bremen ; " " Verhandlungen 

 der K. K. geologischen Reichsanstalt," No. 14 1871, No. 1 1872 ; 

 " Mittheilungen der geographischen Gesellschaffc in Wien," No. i -14 ; 

 "Jahrbuch der Kais. Koenigl. Geologischen Reichsantalt," 1871- 

 1872 ; 3 Nos. " Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins 

 zu Bremen;" " Statistische Mittheilungen iiber den Civilstand der 

 Stadt Frankfurt," 1870; " Die Echnoiden von Dr. Laube"; "Tdloeg 

 tU Aarboger fu Nordisk old kyndighed og Historic," 1867-9 ; 

 " Oversigt over det Kongiliqu Dunske Videnskab ernes Selskabs," 

 1870-1 ; Aarboger fu Nordisk old Kyndighed og Historie," 1867-70 ; 

 " Theomochemische Undersogelsen ved Julius Thomson"; " Novar 

 Acta Regia Societatis Upsaliensis," '71 ; "Bulletin de la Societe 

 Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow," '70-1 ; " Monatsbericht 



