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No. 260— November 24, 1887. 



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On the Classification of the Fossil Animals commonly named Dinosauria. 

 By H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., Professor of Geography in King's College, 

 London 165 



Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil 

 Reptilia. Part III. On Parts of the Skeleton of a Mammal from 

 Triassic Rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, South Africa ( Theriodesrnus 

 phylarchus, Seeley), illustrating the Reptilian Inheritance in the Mam- 

 malian Hand. By H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., Professor of Geography in 

 King's College, London 172 



Further Contributions to the Metallurgy of Bismuth. By Edward 

 Matthey, F.S.A., F.C.S., Assoc. Roy. Sen. Mines 172 



On the Motion of a Sphere in a Viscous Liquid. By A. B. Basset, M.A. 174 



On the Direct Application of First Principles in the Theory of Partial 

 Differential Equations. By J. Larmor, M.A., Fellow of St. John's 

 College, Cambridge 176 



On the Power of Contractility exhibited by the Protoplasm of certain 

 Plant Cells. (Preliminary Communication.) By Walter Gardiner, 

 M.A., Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Demonstrator of Botany in 

 the University ! 177 



List of Presents 181 



November 30, 1887. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



Report of Auditors 184 



List of Fellows deceased since last Anniversary 184 



1 elected 185 



Address of the President , 185 



Election of Council and Officers 195 



Financial Statement 196 



Trust Funds 200 



Table showing Progress and present State of Society with regard to 

 Fellows 205 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of £4,000 (the Government 

 Grant) annually voted by Parliament to the Royal Society, to be em- 

 ployed in aiding the Advancement of Science 205 



Account of Grants from the Donation Fund 209 



Report of the Kew Committee 211 



