SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. XI. 



Joseph Lomas, F.G.S., G. H. Morton, F.G.S., 

 John Newton, M.E.C.S., Prof. Paterson, M.D., 

 M.E.C.S., C. Eickets, M.D., W. E. Sharp, A. 0. 

 Walker, F.L.S. 



6, Prof. Herdman submitted the Twelfth Annual Eeport 



on the work of the Liverpool Marine Biology 

 Committee and the Port Erin Biological Station 

 (see " Transactions," p. 21). 



7. Mr. A. E. Jackson, B.Sc, gave a short note on his 



work on the Spiders found in the neighbourhood of 

 Port Erin (see " Transactions," p. 66). 



The second meeting of the thirteenth session was held 

 at University College on Friday, November 11th, 1898. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. Prof. Sherrington, M.D., F.E.S., delivered the Presi- 

 dential address, entitled " Adaptation to Function 

 as exemplified by the Structure of the Arm" (see 

 " Transactions," p. 1). A vote of thanks was pro- 

 posed by Dr. Wiglesworth, seconded by Prof. 

 Boyce and carried with acclamation. 



The third meeting of the thirteenth session was held at 

 University College on Friday, December 9th, 1898, and 

 took the form of a joint meeting with the Liverpool 

 Geological Society and the Historic Society of Lancashire 

 and Cheshire. The President in the chair. 



1. In the Zoological Museum of the College Prof. Herdman 

 exhibited a series of Anthropological specimens and 

 Prof. Paterson described a series of exhibits, 

 prepared by Dr. Lovegrove and himself, illustrating 

 peculiarities in the vertebral column of the human 

 foetus. 



