PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 



NINETY-FOURTH SESSION, 1864-65. 



Wednesday, November 23, 1864. — David Page, Esq., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Rev. John Duns, D.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Natural Science, 

 New College, Edinburgh, was balloted for, and elected a Member of the 

 Society. 



The New Part of the Proceedings was laid on the table. 



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

 thanks were voted to the Donors : — 



1. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. Vol. xiii., Nos. 62, 63, 

 64, 65, 66, 67. 1864— From the Royal Society. 2. Journal of the 

 Proceedings of the Linnean Society, London. Vol. vii., No. 28, April 

 1864. Vol. viii., Botany, No. 29, June 1864. Vol. viii., Zoology, No. 

 29 ; Botany, No. 30, September 1864 — From the Linnean Society. 

 3. Canadian Journal of Industry, Science, and Art. New Series. Nos. 

 L March ; li., lii., liii., September 1864 — From the Canadian Institute, 

 Toronto. 4. Amtlicher Bericht iiber die acht und dreissigste Versani- 

 lung Deutcher Naturforscher und Aertze in Stettin im Sepr. 1863. 

 Herausgegeben von den Geschaftsfiihrern Derselben. Dr C. A. Dohrn 

 und Dr Behm. Stettin, 1864— From Dr C. A. Dohrn, Stettin. 



The President, Mr David Page, delivered the Opening Address : — 



ON THE PRESENT ASPECTS OF GEOLOGICAL INQUIRY. 



Gentlemen, — In resigning this chair, which long indis- 

 position has compelled me to fill with less efficiency than I 

 could have wished, allow me to congratulate you on the con- 

 tinued prosperity of our Society, and then to pass on to a 

 brief review of the present position and future prospects of 

 geological inquiry. 



That the Society might do more work, and that its meet- 



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