xviii Proceedings. {February 21st, i8gg. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 21st, 1899. 



James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



Dr. C. H. Lees read a paper, entitled "Some preliminary 

 Experiments on the Effect of Pressure on the 

 Thermal Conductivity of Rocks." 



This paper will be printed in full in the Memoirs. 



A paper by the Right Reverend Bishop Hanlon, of Uganda, 

 entitled "The Plague in Uganda," was read by Dr. 

 Alfred Brown. 



This paper will be printed in full in the Memoirs. 



Special Meeting, February 28th, 1899. 

 James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President said the meeting was held to present the 

 Wilde Medal and the Wilde Premium awarded during this 

 session. 



The Council of the Society, by an unanimous vote, had 

 awarded the Wilde medal this year to Sir Edward Frankland, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., for his chemical researches. Unfortunately, in 

 consequence of the recent sudden death of Lady Frankland, Sir 

 Edward was unable to carry out his intention to be present and 

 receive the medal in person. From 185 1 to 1856 he was Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry in the then recently established Owens College. 

 He afterwards accepted the professorship of chemistry at St. Bar- 

 tholomew's Hospital, and subsequently held a similar post at the 

 Normal School of Science, South Kensington. Science owed 

 much to him for his researches in pure and applied chemistry, 

 and of these the President gave a brief outline. He asked the 



