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Monday^ Isif July 1895. 
Professor M^Kendrick, M.D., F.K.S., Vice-President, in 
the Chair. 
The Chairman announced that the Council had awarded the 
Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for the Biennial Period, 1892-94, to Pro- 
fessor James Walker, University College, Dundee, for his work 
on Physical Chemistry, part of which has been published in the 
Proceedings of the Society, Yol. XX. pp. 255-263. In making 
this award, the Council took into consideration the work done by 
Professor Walker along with Professor Crum Brown on the Electro- 
lytic Synthesis of Dibasic Acids, published in the Transactions of 
the Society. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of the late Dr Hugh Cleghorn. By Professor W. 
C. MTntosh, F.R.S. P. XX. 
2. On the Granular Leucocytes. By G. Lovell Gulland, M.D, 
Communicated by Dr Noel Baton. 
3. Preliminary Note on the Thermo-electric Properties of hot and 
cold, chemically similar, Metals. By W. Peddie, D.Sc., and A. H. 
Firth, Esq. 
4. On the Secretion of Carbonate of Lime by Marine Organisms 
at different Temperatures. By Dr John Murray and Eobert 
Irvine, Esq. 
Monday^ l^th July 1895. 
Sir Douglas Maclagan, M.D., President, in the Chair. 
The President presented the Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for the 
Biennial Period, 1892-94, to Professor James Walker, University 
College, Dundee, for his work on Physical Chemistry. 
When the Prize was presented. Professor Crum Brown said — 
Successful work of the kind done by Professor Walker requires 
not only great experimental skill and a sound knowledge of 
Chemistry, but also a comprehensive grasp of the relations of the 
physical sciences and familiarity with the mathematical methods 
necessary for intelligently discussing the phenomena. These 
qualifications Professor Walker possesses, and he has applied 
them with great success. 
