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important papers “On tlie composition of Sea- water collected at dif- 
ferent depths of the Atlantic, from a few feet below the surface up 
to 2090 fathoms,” and “ On the Composition of the Atlantic Ooze.” 
These analyses included also analysis of the absorbed gases of the 
water. His papers are all published in the “Journal of the 
Chemical Society.” 
He was genial, warm-hearted, affectionate, a universal favourite 
with those who knew him, enthusiastically devoted to science, 
and withal highly cultivated in literature and the arts. His pre- 
mature death, at a time when a life of usefulness seemed to have 
just commenced, is deeply regretted. 
The following statement respecting the Fellows of the 
Society was submitted : — 
I. Honorary Fellows — 
Royal Personage, ..... 1 
British Subjects, 17 
Foreign, 32 
Total Honorary Fellows, . . 50 
II. Non-resident Member under the Old Laws, . . 1 
III. Ordinary Fellows — 
Ordinary Fellows at November 1872, . . . 343 
New Fellows — William Boyd, Esq. ; Donald Craw- 
ford, Esq. ; Dr John Gr. M‘Kendrick ; M. M. 
Pattison Muir, Esq.; Dr J. Bell Pettigrew; 
Andrew Pritchard, Esq. ; Walter Stewart, 
Esq. ; Robert Tennent, Esq. ; Robert Walker, 
Esq.; Dr Morrison Watson ; Robert Wilson, 
Esq. ; Major Welsh, 12 
W. Dittmar, Esq., reinstated, .... 1 
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Carried forward, 
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