xxiv Proceedings. [April 26th, 1^04. 



sect. ii. By Sir. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. (8vo., London, 1904), 

 purchased; '■^ Handy Guide to the \_Afanchester\ Museiim" By 

 W. E. Hoyle. 3rd ed. (8vo., Manchester, 1903), presented by 

 the Museum ; " The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil 

 Company.^' By G. H. Montague (8vo., New York, 1904), pre- 

 sented by Messrs. Harper Bros. ; " Free Trade versus Fair 

 Traded By Lord Farrer. New ed. (8vo., London, 1904), 

 presented by the Dowager Lady Farrer ; " Altitudes in the 

 Dominion of Canada" With profiles. By James White (8vo., 

 Ottawa, 1 901), presented by the Geological Survey of Canada; 

 ^^ Sketches of the .... Hotiorary Medical Staff of the Manchester 

 Infirmary y By E. M. Brockbank (410., Manchester, 1904), 

 presented by the author. 



The President read the reply of Sir Henry E. Roscoe to 

 the Society's address, presented at the function held in his. 

 honour at Owens College on April 22nd, 1904. 



Mr. C. L. Barnes presented to the Society's Library Dr. F. 

 W. Jordan's biography of Dr. Joseph Jordan, formerly a member 

 of the Society, and a contemporary and associate of Dalton 

 before the foundation of the Manchester Medical School. 



Mr. F. A, Bruton, M. A., read a paper entitled, " Note on 

 the Eye of the Mole," and exhibited some specimens of the 

 foetus in which the eye was clearly shown, and also the remark- 

 able development of the snout, the ear processes (which are very 

 large in the adult), and the powerful hand which is used for 

 burrowing. 



Mr. William Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., read a paper 

 entitled, " On the Presence of Arsenic in the Body and 

 its Secretion by the Kidneys." 



The President read a paper entitled, " On the Discovery 

 of Elephas antiquus at Blackpool," and exhibited a tooth of 

 one of the rarer species of extinct elephants. 



A paper by Mr. J. G. Isherwood, B.Sc, entitled, " Tables 

 of the Bessel Functions for Pure Imaginary Values 

 of the Argument/' was communicated by Dr. C. H. Lees. 



