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[Nov. 24, 



XL i: On Allotropic or Active Nitrogen, and on the Complete 

 Synthesis of Ammonia." By George Stillixgfleet 

 JOHNSON, King's College. Communicated by Professor G. 

 JOHNSON, F.E.S. Received October 8, 1881. 



[Publication deferred.] 



XII. ;i Researches on Chemical Equivalence. Part IV. Man- 

 ganous and Nickelous Sulphates." By Edmund J. Mills, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., and J. H. Bicket. Received October 25, 

 1881. 



[Publication deferred.] 



XIII. " Researches on Chemical Equivalence. Part V." By 

 Edmund J. Mills, D.Sc, F.R.S., and Bertram Huxt. Re- 

 ceived October 27, 1881. 



[Publication deferred.] 



November 24, 1881. 



THE PRESIDENT in the Chair. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice -was giren from the Chair of 

 the ensuing Anniversary Meeting, and the list of Officers and Council 

 nominated for election was read, as follows : — 



President— William Spottiswoode, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Treasurer. — John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D. 



« . f Professor George Gabriel Stokes, M. A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



aneS,_ l Michael Foster, M.A., M.D., LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof essor Alexander William Williamson, Ph.D., 

 LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — Francis Maitland Balfour, M.A., 

 LL.D. ; I. Lowthian Bell, F.C.S. ; Sir Risdon Bennett, M.D. ; Professor 

 Thomas George Bonney, M.A. ; Professor Heinrich Debus, Ph.D. ; 

 Alexander John Ellis, B.A. ; Sir John Hawkshaw, M.LC.E. ; Thomas 

 Archer Hirst, Ph.D.; William Huggins, D.C.L., LL.D.: Professor 

 Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. ; Professor Joseph Lister, M.D. ; Pro- 



