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Mr. Ellery, F.R.S., read a paper on the " Ombrograph," and ex- 

 hibited the instrument. 



Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods contributed a paper by Dr. Stirton, 

 F.L.S., on "Additions to the Lichen Flora of Queensland." 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



2lst October, 1880.' 



R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., Esq., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 16 members and associates. 



Mr. A. C. Macdonald was elected a member of the Society? 

 and Mr. John Clark Jones and Mr. C. F. Crouch were elected 

 associates. 



Mr. Thomas Harrison read a paper describing the various forma 

 of automatic railway brakes that are now in use. A discussion 

 followed, in which Mr. Kernot, Mr. Ellery, Mr. Blackett, Mr. 

 Halley, and Mr. Goldstein took part. 



Mr. Ellery, F.R.S., read a paper by Mr. E. L. Marks on a 

 " New and Economic Method for the Scientific Production of 

 some Acids." 



A paper by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., was read 

 on " New Marine Mollusca." 



Mr. Sutherland, M.A., read a paper giving a short account of 

 the Boro Boudour in the Island of Java ; a valuable work on the 

 subject having recently been presented to the Society by the 

 Government of the Netherlands. 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



\8th November, 1880. 



R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair — Present, 

 22 members and associates. 



Mr. Gustav Beckx and Mr. E. L. Marks were elected as members 

 of the Society. 



Dr. MacGillivray read a paper on " Some New Species of Cate- 

 nicella and Dictyopora; and Urceolipora, a New Species of 

 Polyzoa." 



A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Kernot, Mr. J. B. Wilson, 

 Mr. Goldstein, and other members took part. 



Mr. Kernot, M.A., read a paper, " Notes on Professor Bell's 

 Ph otophone." 



A discussion followed, in which several members took part • and 

 Mr. W. L. Carpenter gave a brief history of the steps by which 

 Professor Bell arrived at the discovery of the telephone. 



(Signed) Robt. L. J. Ellery. 



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