1892-93.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
503 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
Professor Ludwig Becker, Ph.D. 
Joseph Tillie, M.D. 
Monday, May 1893. 
Sir Douglas Maclagan, M.D., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Breath-Figures. By John Aitken, Esq. P. xx. 94. 
2. On the General Eliminant of Three Equations of Different Degrees. 
By the Hon. Lord M‘Laren. 
3. On certain Concretions from the Lower Coal Measures, and the 
Fossil Plants which they contain. By H. B. Stocks, Esq. Communi- 
cated by Dr John Murray. P. xx. 69. 
The President announced that the Geographical Society of Berlin had 
awarded the Humboldt Medal to the Challenger Expedition, and had 
resolved to place the Medal in the hands of Dr John Murray as the 
personal Eepresentative of the Achievements of the great Enterprise. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
George A. Berry, M.D., F.E.C.S. 
J. Macvicar Anderson, Esq., Architect. 
Walter E. Archer, Esq. 
Monday, l^th May 1893. 
Sir William Turner, M.B., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the genus Helodus, Agassiz. By Dr Eamsay H. Traquair, 
F.E.S. 
2. Preliminary Account of a Natural History Collection made on a 
Voyage to the Gulf of St Lawrence and Davis Straits. By Mr Alex- 
ander Eodger. Communicated by Professor D’Arcy Thompson. P. 
XX. 154. 
Monday, 5th June 1893. 
Sir Douglas Maclagan, M.D., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Preliminary Note on the Compressibility of Aqueous Solutions, 
in connection with Molecular Pressure. By Professor Tait. P. xx. 
141 {Abstract). 
