XX11. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Ronaldson, J. H. — Chinese painting of the Palace at Pekin. 



Russell, H. C, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s. — 1. Diagram of seismographic 

 apparatus to be erected at the Sydney Observatory. 2. Books 

 containing valuable astronomical and meteorological plates 

 (coloured.) 



Smith, Henry G., f.c.s. — A collection of twenty-five specimens 

 of the principal constituents found in essential oils, including 

 aromatic alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, etc. (Schimmel & Co.) 



Steel, Dr. John — 1. 'A Right Profitable Booke for all Diseases 

 called The Path-way to Health,' by Peter Leuens, London 1632. 



2. Old Latin Dictionary. 



Taylor, James, b.Sc, a.r.s.m. — Hardened Steel welded under 

 pressure in the cold, (vide Journ. Iron and Steel Inst., No. 1, 1885, 

 pp. 29 and 30.) 



Tidswell, Dr. Frank, d.p.h. Camb. — 1. Specimens illustrating 

 the preservation of colour in Museum preparations, Formalin 

 process. 2. A case of Snake " Cannibalism." 



Walker, J. T. — 1. 'Sketches of Sheep' drawn by Sir Edwin 

 Landseer, r.a., when a boy eight years old, 1810. 2. 'Dog's Head' 

 by Sir Edwin Landseer, r.a., when fourteen years of age, 1816. 



3. ' The Well of Haran,' (Jacob and Rachel), engraving by Martin 

 Hemskirk, celebrated Dutch Engraver, 1541 (?) or 1549. 4. 

 ' Hindoo and Mohammedan Buildings,' engraving printed in oil 

 colours, 1835. 5. 'Royal Grant,' dated 11th March, 1608, of 

 agricultural lands at Coldingham, known as West Reston, in fen- 

 farm for ever; bearing the Great Seal of King James L 



Wright, H. G. A., m.r.c s., e. — Microscopic slides of Plague 

 bacillus. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 

 (The Names of the Donors are in Italics ) 

 London — Chemical News, Yol. lxxxi., Nos. 2105-2118,1900; Vol. 



lxxxii., Nos. 2119 - 2121, 1900. The Editor 



Electrical Engineer, Old Series, Vol. xxxi., New Series, Vol. 

 xxv., Nos. 10-26, 1900; Old Series Vol. xxxn., Nesv 

 Series Vol. xxvi., Nos. 1-4, 1900. 



