PEOCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 
NINETIKTH 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 Societ}^ 
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 w^e have to deplore the loss of 
one of our office-bearers, whose punctual presence here, not 
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