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to the prosperity of this country, the President and Fellows of the 

 Royal Society may always depend upon my countenance and ap- 

 probation, as I am convinced they will receive the support and pro- 

 tection of the King." 



The Members of the Council were then severally presented to 

 Her Majesty by His Royal Highness, and had the honour of kissing 

 Her Majesty's hand. 



March 17. 



HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Thomas Smith Turnbull, M.A.; Christopher R. M. 

 Talbot, Esq. ; and Henry Fox Talbot, Esq. ; were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



The following Presents were received, and thanks ordered for 

 them : — 



The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 

 1833. 8vo. (3 Copies.) — Presented by the Lords Commissioners of 

 the Admiralty, 



Second Supplement to an Essay on the Theory of Systems of Rays. 

 By W. R.Hamilton, Esq. 4to.— The Author. 



On the Error of a received Principle of Analysis, respecting Func- 

 tions which vanish with their Variables. By the same. 4-to. — 

 The Author. 



Address of Earl Stanhope, President of the Medico-Botanical So- 

 ciety, for the x\nniversary Meeting, Jan. 1831. 8vo. — The Author. 



A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Company of Clock- 

 makers of the City of London. 8vo. — The Company. 



Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, for ar 1827. 8vo. 



for ar 1828. 8vo. — The Academy. 



Register ofrer Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, ifran 

 och med 1813, till och med 1825. — The Academy. 



Arsberattelser om Vetenskapernas Framsteg, afgifne af Kongl. Ve- 

 tenskaps-Academiens Embetsman, d. 31 Mars 1828. — The Aca- 

 demy. 



Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Tomo 



XXXIV. 4to. — The Academy. 

 Handleiding tot het Vinden der Ware Sterkte van het Acidum Ace- 



ticum door vande Digtheid. Na voorafgegane Proeven opgesteld 



door A. van der Toorn. 4>to. — The Author. 



A Paper was read, entitled, " Proposed Plan for supplying filtered 

 Water to the Metropolis and its Suburbs." By Lemuel Wellman 

 Wright, Esq., Civil Engineer. Communicated by T. J. Pettigrew, 

 Esq. F.R.S. 



The author, after giving extracts from the Report of the Com- 

 missioners appointed by His late Majesty to inquire into the supply 



