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contributions to meteorology in recent years, and have placed him 
in the foremost rank among living meteorologists. 
Some of these papers have appeared in the publications of the 
Society, and most of them have, in the first instance, been com- 
municated to its meetings. 
For the above reasons, the Council of the Society have awarded 
to Dr Buchan The Triennial Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize. 
The Keith Prize for 1891-3 was presented to Professor T. R. 
Fraser, F.R.S., for his papers on Strophanthus liispidus, Strophan- 
thin, and Strophanthidin, read to the Society in February and June 
1889 and in December 1891, and printed in Vols. XXXV., 
XXXVI., and XXXVII. of the Society’s Transactions. 
The President, on presenting the Prize, said : — 
The Prize Committee recommended that the Keith Prize be 
awarded to Professor Thomas R. Fraser, F.R.S., for his papers on 
Strophanthus liispidus, read before the Society in February and June 
1889, and in December 1891, in which he has given a complete 
history of this plant, embracing — 1st, its botany ; 2nd, its chemistry, 
including the discovery of its active principle, strophanthin ; 3rd, 
its pharmacology, showing its powerful physiological action on the 
heart ; and 4th, its uses in practical medicine as a remedy in heart 
affections. 
The Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for 1890-92 was presented to H. 
R. Mill, Esq., D.Sc., for his papers on the Physical conditions of 
the Clyde Sea Area, Part I. being already published in Vol. 
XXXVI. of the Society’s Transactions. 
The President, on presenting the Prize, said : — 
The Prize has been awarded to Dr Mill for his papers on the 
Physical conditions of the Clyde Sea Area. 
These give (1) A Summary of the Physical Geography of the 
Region, with special reference to the orographical and bathymetrical 
configuration, and to rainfall ; (2) Observations on the Variations 
of Salinity in the water of different parts of the area for a consider- 
able period ; and (3) a discussion of very numerous temperature 
observations at all depths, extending over several years. The work, 
as a whole, elucidates the influence exerted by configuration on 
seasonal heat-changes in sea-water, the nominal sequence of these 
