SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. XI. 



Harvey Gibson, M.A., K. Grossman, M.D., W. J. 

 Halls, Rev. de B. Klein, D.Sc, Rev. T. S. Lea, 

 M.A., G. H. Morton, F.G.S., John Newton, 

 M.R.C.S., C. Ricketts, M.D., W. E. Sharp, Prof. 

 Sherrington, F.R.S., and A. 0. Walker, F.L.S. 



6. The President delivered the Inaugural Address, entitled 

 "Advances in Biological Science during the Vic- 

 torian Era" (see ''Transactions," p. 1). A vote 

 of thanks was proposed by Dr. de Beaumont Klein, 

 seconded by Mr. H. C. Beasley, and carried with 

 acclamation. 



The second meeting of the twelfth session was held at 

 University College on Friday, November 12th, 1897. The 

 President in the chair. 



1. A series of miscellaneous exhibits was on view in the 



Zoological Laboratory from 7 to 7-30. 



2. Prof. Paterson gave an account of the successful 



maceration of an Indian elephant, by allowing it 

 to lie for a period of three months under river 

 sand. At the end of that time the bones were 

 well cleared of flesh through the agency of fly 

 larvae and possibly bacteria. A discussion followed. 



3. Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., delivered a lecture on "A 



Zoological Trip to America and the Pacific Coast, 

 with an account of the Plankton collected con- 

 tinuously during two traverses of the North 

 Atlantic" (see "Transactions," p. 33). 



The third meeting of the twelfth session was held at 

 University College on Friday, December 10th, 1897. The 

 President in the chair. 



