ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL. 
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either directly or indirectly, with almost every subject 
which conduces to the welfare of the human race ; 
and, at the same time, regretting the want of infor- 
mation which prevails, respecting not only the scien- 
tific details, but also the more obvious applications of 
the Science to purposes of practical utility ; the 
Committee have made arrangements for the delivery 
of a series of Lectures, in the autumnal months, 
to the Members of the Society, and to which it is 
proposed that the public also shall be admitted under 
regulations hereafter to be determined." 
This recommendation of the Committee was ap- 
proved of, and unanimously adopted by the Society, 
at the General Meeting, in July, and the Council, 
then first elected, were by an express resolution 
directed to take measures for carrying it into opera- 
tion. 
Dr. Hastings kindly undertook to give the In- 
troductory Lecture ; and several other gentlemen, 
desirous of forwarding the progress of the Society, 
agreed to deliver in succession a series of Lectures on 
subjects connected with the Science. The Lecture of 
Dr. Hastings, which, at the request of the Council, 
has been printed, and will be shortly before the 
Society and the public, formed a general sketch 
of the field of operations before us : — that of Dr. 
Maiden, who followed next in succession, was upon 
the Natural History of Man. The Lecture of Mr. 
Lees, which has also been published, was connected 
partly with Zoology, partly with Botany: — that 
delivered by Mr. Addison, was upon Meteorology ; 
