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June 16. 



JOHN W. LUBBOCK, Esq., V.P. and Treasurer, 

 succeeded by 



HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G. ? 

 President, in the Chair. 



Griffith Davis, Esq. was elected a Fellow of the Societ}^ 



The following Presents were received, and thanks ordered for 

 them : — 



Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. — Sheets 41 

 and 54 (Parts of Carmarthenshire, Worcestershire, and Warwick- 

 shire). 5 Maps.- — Presented by the Hun. Board of Ordnance. 



Proceedings of the Geological Society. No. 21. 8vo. — -The Society, 



A Treatise on Algebra. By the Rev. George Peacock, M. A., F.R.S. 

 8vo. — The Author. 



On the Health of the Royal Navy, at the End of the 1 8th and Be- 

 ginning of the 19th Century: with Practical Illustrations. By 

 Sir Gilbert Blane, Bt. F.R.S. 8vo.— The Author 



Reflections on the present Crisis of Public Affairs ; with an Enquiry 

 into the Causes and Remedies of the existing Clamours, and 

 alledged Grievances of the Country. By Sir Gilbert Blane, Bt. 

 F.R.S. 8vo — The Author. 



Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts purchased at Aleppo, Damascus, 

 Cairo, and Constantinople, by the assistance and recommendation 

 of the late Mr. J.L. Burckhardt. Mo.— John Lee, LL.D., F.R.S, 



Synopsis Reptilium; or Short Descriptions of the Species of Rep- 

 tiles. By John E. Gray, Esq. 8vo. — The Author. 



An engraved Portrait of John Taylor, Esq. F.R.S. Engraved by 

 Turnerfrom the Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence.— Mrs. Taylor. 



A Lithographic Portrait of Major-Gen. Hardwicke, F.R.S. From 

 the Painting by Lucas.— John E. Gray, Esq. 



Memoire sur la Propagation du Mouvement dans les Milieux Elas- 

 tiques. Par M. Poisson. 4to. — Baron Poisson, For. Memb. R.S. 



Memoire sur le Mouvement de deux Fluides Elastiques superposes. 

 Par M. Poisson. 4to — The Author. 



Aminnelse-Tal ofrer Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Framlidne 

 Ledamot, Herr Adolf Murray, M D. Af dess Ledamot Erik 

 Gadelius, M.D. Svo.—The Author. 



Tal om Sveriges naturforhallnden och om den inflytelse de aga pa 

 dess naringar och slojder. Al Carl Arosenius. 8vo. — The Author. 



A paper was read, " On the Tides in the Port of London." By 

 J. W. Lubbock, Esq., V.P. and Treas. R.S. 



This paper contains a discussion of observations of the tides 

 made at the London Docks, and registered in various Tables, showing 



