PKOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 



NINETIETH SESSION, 1860-61. 



Wednesday , November 28, 1860. — William Rhind, Esq., President, 

 in* the Chair. 



Mr Colin S. Valentine, medical missionary, Dispensary, 39 Cowgate, 

 was balloted for, and elected a non-resident member of the Society. 



The following donations to the Library were laid on the table, and 

 thanks voted to the donors : — 



1. Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, 

 for Session 1859-60, No. 14. — From the Society. 2. Canadian Journal, 

 Toronto, Nos. 27 and 28, for May and July 1860. — From the Canadian 

 Institute, Toronto. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain, Part x., November 1859-July 1860 ; London. — From the Royal 

 Institution of Great Britain. 4. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London, 1860, Part i., January-March; Part ii., March- June. — From 

 the Society. 5. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Manchester, Second Series, Vol. xv., Part ii., 1860. 6. Proceedings of 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 1858-59, No. 1. — 

 From the Society. 



William Rhind, Esq., President, then delivered the Opening Ad- 

 dress : — 



Gentlemen, — I have to congratulate the Society this 

 evening on again assembling to commence another session, 

 and with the prospect of having this session filled up with 

 a series of as interesting and instructive communications as 

 characterised the one that is past. 



On this occasion the congratulations to the meeting would 

 be unalloyed, were it not that we have to deplore the loss of 

 one of our office-bearers, whose punctual presence here, not 



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