1893-94.] 
Meetings of the. Society. 
509 
Monday^ \^ih March 1894. 
Professor Geikie, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of the Kev. Thomas Brown. By Professor Duns, 
D.D. P. XX. X. 
2. On the Division of a Parallelepiped into Tetrahedra. Part II. 
By Professor Crum Brown, F.E.S. T. xxxvii. 711. 
3. The Reproduction of the Edible Crab {Cancer pagurus). By Gregg 
Wilson, M.A., B.Sc., Natural History Department, University of Edin- 
burgh. Communicated by Professor Ewart, F.R.S. P. xx. 309. 
4. Telegraphic Communication by Induction by means of Coils. By 
C. A. Stevenson, B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. P. xx. 196. 
Monday^ 2nd April 1894. 
Sir Douglas Maclagan, M.D., President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman announced that the Council had made the following 
awards : — 
1. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize for 1891-4 to Alexander 
Buchan, Esq., LL.D. 
2. The Keith Prize for 1891-3 to Professor T. R. Fraser, F.R.S. 
3. The Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for 1890-92 to H. R. Mill, Esq., 
D.Sc. 
4. The Neill Prize for the period 1889-92 to John Horne, Esq., 
F.G.S. 
At the request of the Council, an Address on “ The Climatic 
Conditions of the Glacial Period” was given by Professor Geikie, 
F.R.S., Vice-President R.S.E. 
A Note on the Antecedents of Clerk-Maxwell’s Electrodynamical 
Equations, by Professor Tait, was laid on the table. P. xx. 213. 
Monday., 1th May 1894. 
Sir William Turner, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
At the request of the Council, Dr Robert Munro gave an Address 
“ On the Rise and Progress of Anthropology.” P. xx. 215. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
John Shand, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 
Malcolm Laurie, B.Sc., B.A., F.L.S. 
John Jackson. 
