30 REPORTS. 



" Radium," by Prof. Curie. 



" Modern Views of Matter," by Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir 



William Crookes. 

 "The Electric Furnace," by J. Wri<j;ht. 

 " Hi^h-speed Electric Railway," by G. H. Gibson. 

 "Beginning of Photography," by Maj.-Gen. Waterhouse. 

 " Relations of Geology to other subjects," by Prof. Eapworth. 

 " Terrestrial Magnetism in relation to Geography," by Capt. 



E. W. Creak. 

 "North Polar Exploration," by Commander K. E. Peary. 

 " Swedish Antaictic Expedition," by Otto Nordenskiold. 

 " Food-plants of Ancient America," by O. F. Cook. 

 " Desert Plants a source of Drinking Water," by F. V. Colville. 

 " A New Theory of the Origin of Species," by A. Dastre. 

 "Experimental Studies on the Mental Life of Animals," by 



M. Vaschilde and P. Rousseau. 

 " Hunting Animals," by H. Coupin. 



"Maternal Solicitude in Unsocial Insects," by A. Forel. 

 " Frozen Mammoth in Siberia," by O. F. Kertz. 

 "Excavations at Abusir, Egypt," by A. Wiedemann. 

 " Ancient Hittites," by L. Messerschmidt. 

 " Lhassa and Central Tibet," by G. T. TsybikofF. 

 " Pjxploration of Somaliland and Southern Ethiopia," by 



O. Neumann, 

 " Primeval Japanese," by Capt. ¥. Brinkley. 

 "The Republic of Panama," by W. 11 Buir. 

 "The Reclamation of Western America," by F. H. Newell. 

 Report of United States Natural Museum for 1903 (containing 



a Report of the chief Museum Buildings in the world). 



R. C. Mabbs, Hon. Librarian. 



The election of officers was then proceeded with. The 

 Hon. Secretary (Mr. Derrick) and Hon. Treasiirei- (Mr. LuiF) 

 were re-elected by acclamation, and the ballot for the new 

 Committee resulted in the election of a lady member, Miss 

 Mellish, the Principal of the Ladies' College. The five others 

 were members of the old Committee, viz. : Messrs. De La Mare, 

 Pitts, Mabbs, Tanner and De Guerin. 



The President announced that the third annual Soiree 

 would take place on the 6th of February, and he hoped it 

 Avould be as successful as the previous ones. 



Mr. A. Collenette, F.C.S., read his Annual Reports (now 

 published in these pages) on the Rainfall and Sunshine of 1905, 

 illustrating his remarks by means of seyeral carefully prepared 

 lantern slides. 



