108 Annual Report of the Council. 



Royal Society of London. Catalogue of Scientific Papers 

 (1874-1883). Vol. XI. 1896. 



Smithsonian Institution. An Account of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 1895. 



Societe d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Agen. 

 Archives historiques de l'Agenais. Tome I. 



Societe Hollandaise des Sciences. CEuvres completes 

 de C. Huygens. Tome VI. 1895. 



E. Suess. The Future of Silver. 1893. 



F. W. Very. Photometry of a Lunar Eclipse. 1895. 



Owing to the expenditure necessitated by the provision 

 of new shelving, it has not been possible to do any binding 

 during the past Session, but it is hoped that funds will 

 shortly be available for that purpose. 



The Council has received from Sir Henry Roscoe a 

 cabinet in which to preserve the Dalton Manuscripts in 

 the possession of the Society. Mr. B. A. Joule has also 

 presented to the Society the thermometers used by his 

 father in his researches on the equivalent of heat, and Dr. 

 G. Bowman has presented one of Dr. Dalton's receipts 

 for his fees as a teacher. 



The experiment initiated three years since, of holding 

 the meetings of the Society in the evenings and afternoons 

 alternately, indicated an attendance of members so much 

 in favour of the latter, that your Council decided to hold 

 all the meetings in the afternoon, during the present 

 session, with a result still more favourable in the atten- 

 dance. Letters have, however, been received by the 

 Council pointing out that this hour has precluded several 

 members from continuing their attendance, and the 

 Council has undertaken to invite the opinion of the 

 members on the question. The question of changing the 

 day of the meetings of the Society from Tuesdays to Wed- 

 nesdays, on the ground of general convenience, is under 

 consideration. 



The Council recommends the continuance of the system 

 of electing Associates of Sections, and the usual resolution 



