212 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
Wednesday, December 28, 1864 —William Turner, M.R., President, 
in the Chair. 
The following Gentlemen were elected Office-bearers for the Session : 
Presidents. — David Page, Esq.; William Turner, M.B. ; Thomas 
Strethill Wriglit, M.D. 
Council. — A. M'Kenzie Edwards, Esq.; Alexander Brjson, Esq.; 
William S. Young. Esq. ; James M'Bain, M.D. ; Ramsay H. Traquair, 
M.D. ; Stevenson Macadam, Ph.D. 
Secretary. — John Alexander Smith, M.D. 
Treasurer. — George Logan, Esq., W.S. 
Assistant- Secretary . — James Boyd Davies, Esq, 
Honorary Librarian. — Robert F. Logan, Esq. 
Library Committee. — Thomas Robertson, Esq. ; Andrew Taylor, 
Esq. ; W. Rhind, Esq. 
The following Donations to the Library were laid on the table, and 
thanks voted to the Donors : — 
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. Vol. XIII., No. 68, 
1864. — From the Royal Society. 2. Notes of a Trip to Iceland in 1862. 
By Alexander Bryson, F.R.S.E., F.G.S.— From the Author. 3. Jahr- 
buch. der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 1863. 
Band XIII., Nro. 4. Oct., Nov., Dec. — From the 1. R. Geological 
Society of Austria. 4. (1.) Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 
Vol. XXIV. Polite Literature, Part 1, 1864. Science, Part 3, 1864. 
(2.) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Parts 1-6, Vol. V., 
1863-64. — From the Academy. 5. Report read by the Astronomer- 
Royal for Scotland to the Special Meeting of Her Majesty's Government 
Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Nov. 1864. — 
From Professor C. Piazzi Smyth. 6. Notes and Queries upon Geological 
Matters, No. 1 (several copies). — By G. E. Roberts, Esq., F.G.S., &e. — 
From the Geologists' Association, London. 
A large and very fine adult specimen of the African 
mandrill baboon, the largest of the dog-faced quadrumana, 
was sent for exhibition to the Society. It had been pur- 
chased, and was preserved by Mr Small, George Street, for 
an interesting local collection — the Macfarlane Museum, 
Bridge of Allan. 
The following communications were read : — 
I. On the Restoration of Bone. By A. M Kenzie Edwards, Esq., 
F.R.C.S.E. 
