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Proceedings and List of Papers read. 



Mr. J. H. Webber had twenty-eight head of Fish River cattle inocu- 

 lated on the 7th November, 1898, and subsequently had them removed 

 to his farm, which is well known to be one of the worst infested 

 areas in the eastern province. Previous experience has shown that if 

 clean cattle are placed there they become very quickly affected with 

 the disease. On the 5th December one died from gall-sickness, but, 

 with this exception, all have done very well, and are at this date 

 in perfect health. 



This method of inoculation has proved so satisfactory to the 

 farmers themselves that it is being very generally adopted, and the 

 farmers have petitioned the Government to arrange for an inoculating 

 station being placed at Graham's Town, so that clean cattle coming 

 from clean Karroo areas for transmission to the coast may be inocu- 

 lated previous to entering the infested belt. 



April 27, 1899. 



The LOED LISTER, F.R.C.S., D.C.L., President, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " Data for the Problem of Evolution in Man. I. A First Study of 

 the Variability and Correlation of the Hand." By Miss M. A. 

 Whiteley, B.Sc, and Karl Pearson, F.R.S. 



II. " On the Luminosity of the Rare Earths when heated in Vacuo by 

 means of Cathode Rays." By A. A. Campbell Swinton. 

 Communicated by Lord Kelvin, F.R.S. 



III. " On a Quartz-thread Gravity Balance." By Richard Threlfall 

 and J. A. Pollock. Communicated by Professor J. J. 

 Thomson, F.R.S. 



IY. "On the Electrical Conductivity of Flames containing Salt 

 Vapours." By Harold A. Wilson, B.Sc. Communicated by 

 Professor J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. 



V. "On a Self -recovering Coherer and the Study of the Cohering 

 Action of different Metals." By Professor Jagadis Chunder 

 Bose, M.A., D.Sc. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. 



VI. " On the Presence of Oxygen in the Atmospheres of certain Fixed 

 Stars." By David Gill, C.B., F.R.S. 



