PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 
NmETY-FIRST SESSION, 1861-62. 
Wednesday, November 27, 1861.— T. Strethill Wright, M D,, 
President, in the Chair. 
William Stevenson, Esq., Accountant, Dunse, was balloted for, and 
elected a non-resident member of the Society. 
The following donations to the Library were laid on the table, and 
thanks awarded to the donors : — 
1. (1.) Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 4to. Vol. 
xxii. Part 2., 1859-60. (2.) Appendix to the Makerstoun Magnetical 
and Meteorological Observations. 4to. (3.) Proceedings of the Eoyal 
Society of Edinburgh. 8vo. Vol. iv., No. 50. — From the Society. 2. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. xi., Nos. 43-45.-— 
From the Society. 3. Observations on Temperature in connection with 
Vegetation. By J. H. Balfour, A.M., M.D. 8vo. 1861.— From the 
Author. 4. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 8vo. 
1860, Part 3, June to December ; and 1861, Part 1, January to March. 
— From the Society. 5. Canadian Journal, Toronto, No. 32, March ; 
No. 34, July; and No. 35, September 1861. — From the Canadian 
Institute, Toronto. 6. On Canadian Caverns. By George D. Gibb, 
M.D. — From the Author. 7. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, 
and Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Montreal, Vol. vi., 
Nos. 1-5. — From the Society. 
Dr Wright then delivered the Opening Address : — 
Gentlemen, — I have now to greet you on the commence- 
ment of the ninety-first session of the Eoyal Physical Society, 
which opens full of promise. Not only can we look back 
with satisfaction on the many valuable papers which have 
of late years been read at this table, and which, treasured 
up in our published proceedings, and disseminated through 
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