1869.] 



Presents. 



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November 25, 1869. 



Lieut-General Sir EDWARD SABINE, President, K.C.B., in 



the Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, notice was given from the Chair of the 

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

 for election was read as follows : — 



President. — Lieut.-General Sir Edward Sabine, R.A., K.C.B., D.C.L., 



LL.D. 



Treasurer.— William Allen Miller, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D. 



f William Sharper, M.D., LL.D. 

 Secretaries.— j GeQrge Gabriel g tokeS} Egq<) UA D.C.L., LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof. William Hallows Miller, M.A., LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — Frederick Currey, Esq., M.A. ; Warren 

 De La Rue, Esq., Ph.D. ; Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, Bart. ; William 

 Henry Flower, Esq. ; William Huggins, Esq. ; John Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq. ; 

 John Marshall, Esq. ; Augustus Matthiessen, Esq., Ph.D. ; George Henry 

 Richards, Capt. R.N. ; The Marquis of Salisbury, M.A. ; Charles Wil- 

 liam Siemens, Esq. ; John Simon, Esq. ; Archibald Smith, Esq., M.A. ; 

 Prof. Henry J. Stephen Smith, M.A. ; Prof. John Tyndall, LL.D. ; 

 Prof. Alexander W. Williamson, Ph.D. 



The following communication was read :— 



"On the Action of Cyanogen on Anthranilic Acid." By P. Griess, 

 F.R.S. Received June 29, 1869. (See page 89.) 



The reading of the Preliminary Report by Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys, and Dr. Wyville Thomson was resumed and concluded. 

 The contents of the Report will be given in a future Number. 



The Presents received were laid on the Table, and thanks ordered for 

 them, as follows : — 



Transactions. 



Amsterdam : — Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Verhande- 

 lingen. Afdeeling Letterkunde. Deel IV. 4to. Amsterdam 1869. 

 Yerslagen en Hededeelingen. Afdeeling Xatuurkunde. Tweede 

 Reeks. Deel III. 8vo. Amsterdam 1869. Jaarboek voor 1868. 

 8vo. Amsterdam. Processen-Yerbaal van de gewone Vergade- 

 ringen. Afdeeling Xatuurkunde, 1868-69. 8vo. Amsterdam. 



The Academy. 



Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 

 An. 9. 4to. Amsterdam 1869. The Society. 



Bologna : — Accademia delle Scienze dell' Istituto. Memorie. Serie 2. 



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