JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



SESSION CXXXIX. 



Monday, 25th October 1909.— Professor J. Graham Kekr, M.A., F.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The retiring President delivered an address entitled " Remarks upon Certain 

 Points connected with Evolutionary Theory." 



Monday, 22nd November 1909.— Lionel W. Hinxman, Esq., B.A., F.R.S.E., 



in the Chair. 



The following Office-Bearers for the Session were elected : 



President — Professor J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., F.R.S.E. 



Vice-Presidents- Professor T. Hudson Bearg, B.A., B.Sc, M.Inst.C.E. ; J. H. Ashworth, 

 D.Sc. ; Lionel W. Hlnxman, B.A., F.R.S.E. 



Secretary— 0. Charnock Bradley, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. 



Assistant-Secretary — W. A. Jolly, M. B. 



Treasurer — W. A. Middleton, C.A. 



Librarian — 6. W. Lice, D.Sc. 



Councillors— T>. C. M'Intosh, M.A., B.Sc, F.R.S.E.. R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc., 

 F.R.S.E.; Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S.; W. S. Bruce, LL.D., F.R.S.E.: Professor J. 

 Cossar Ewart, M.D., F.R.S. ; E. B. Bailey, B.A.; A. Gofton, M.R.C.V.S.; Professor 

 J. Graham Kerr, M. A., F.R.S.; D. Watkrston, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S.E.; 

 Percy H. Grimshaw, F.E.S.; Wit. Evans, F.F.A., F.R.S.E.; Professor T. H. Brycf., 

 M.A., M.D., F.R.S.E. 



The Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian submitted their Annual Reports. 



The following Communications were submitted : 



1. "Ecbinoidea and Asteroidea from tlie Mergui Archipelago and Moskos Islarjds, Lower 



Burma." By R. N. Rudmose Brown, Esq., D.Sc. 



2. " Asteroidea of Portuguese East Africa, collected by Jas. J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc, 



(1907-1908)." By Jas. J. Simpson, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, and R. N. Rudmose Brown, 

 Esq., D.Sc. 



3. " Echinoidea from the Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa (Mozimbique)." 



By R. N. Rudmose Brown, Esq., D.Sc. 



4. " Some Notes on the chance Grouping of Black and White Balls when taken in Pairs from a 



Bag."' By W. J. Millar, Esq. (Communicated by D. C. M'Intosh, Esq., M.A., B.Sc.) 



5. "The Distribution of Palinurus vulgaris in British Waters." By James Ritchie, Esq., 



M.A., B.Sc. 



6. "Exhibition, with Remarks, of Insects associated with Disease in Man." By J. H. 



Ashworth, Esq., D.Sc. 



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