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It may also be mentioned that the Museum has been transferred to 
its new place of deposit, under the charge of the Curator, with the 
assistance of some other members of the Society, after distributing 
among several public bodies some isolated specimens formerly con- 
tained in it, which were of little value to us, and which will be of 
more use to science when forming a part of other collections. The 
Society’s collection in G-eology and Mineralogy has been fully pre- 
served, and is very valuable and useful. 
Mr Swan, who was one of our Secretaries, has, to the regret of the 
Council, resigned his office in consequence of being appointed to the 
Chair of Natural Philosophy in St Andrews. But the Society has been 
so fortunate as to secure in his place the services of Dr Lyon Playfair. 
Mr Carruthers, the Sub-Librarian, having removed to London, 
Mr John Livingston has been appointed his successor; and the 
Council have every reason to hope that his services will give satis- 
faction to the Fellows of the Society. 
Lord Neaves then delivered the Neill Medal, which had been 
awarded to Dr Lauder Lindsay, for his Paper on the Spermogones 
and Pycnides of Lichens. 
The following Candidate was elected an Ordinary Fellow: — 
Captain Gordon Forlong, Bengal Engineers. 
The following Donations to the Library were announced : — 
The United States Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern 
Hemisphere. 1849-52. Vol. III. 4to. — From the U. S. 
Government. 
Army Meteorological Register for 1826-30, and for 1831-42. 
8 vo. — From the same. 
Statistical Reports of the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of 
the United States, from January 1819 to January 1839. 
8 vo. — From the same. 
Maury’s Wind and Current Charts. Gales in the Atlantic. 4 to. 
—From the same. 
Observations on the Physical Geography and Geology of the Coast 
of California. By W. E. Blake. 4nto.——From the same. 
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1856. Arts and Manu- 
factures, 3 vois. ; Agriculture, 1 vol. 8vo. — From the same. 
