1868.] 



Papers received during the Recess. 



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November 19, 1868. 

 Lieut.- General SABINE, President, in the Chair. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary Meeting 

 for the Election of Council and Officers was given from the Chair. 



Mr. Currey, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. Prestwich, and Mr. 

 Stainton, having been nominated by the President, were elected by ballot 

 Auditors of the Treasurer's Accounts on the part of the Society. 



Dr. Bastian, Rear- Admiral Cooper Key, and Mr. Yernon Harcourt were 

 admitted into the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



" On the Physical Constitution of the Sun and Stars." By G. 

 Johnstone Stoney, M.A., E.R.S., F.R.A.S., Secretary to 

 the Queen's University in Ireland. Received May 15, 1867. 

 (See page 1.) 



I. " Second List of Nebulae and Clusters observed at Bangalore 



with the Royal Society's Spectroscope f 3 preceded by a Letter 

 to Professor G. G. Stokes. By Lieut. John Herschel, R.E. 

 Communicated by Prof. Stokes. Received July 20, 1868. 

 (See page 58.) 



II. " On the Lightning Spectrum." By Lieut. John Herschel, 



R.E. Communicated by Prof. Stokes. Received August 8, 

 1868. (See page 61.) 



III. " Products of the Destructive Distillation of the Sulphobenzo- 

 lates."— No. II. By John Stenhouse, LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 

 Received September 8, 1868. (See page 62.) 



IV. "Compounds Isomeric with the Sulphocyanic Ethers. — II. 

 Homologues and Analogues of Ethylic Mustard-oil." By A. 

 W. Hofmann, Ph.D., M.D., LL.D. Received September 11, 

 1868. (See page 67.) 



V. " Account of Spectroscopic Observations of the Eclipse of the Sun, 



August 18, 1868." In a Letter addressed to the President of 

 the Royal Society by Captain C. T. Haig, R.E. Communicated 

 by the President. Received September 21, 1868. (See page 74.) 



VI. " Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, made 

 August 18th, 1868, along the coast of Borneo." In a Letter ad- 

 dressed to H.M. Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs, by His 

 Excellency J. Pope Hennessy, Governor of Labuan. Com- 



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