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Monday , 5 th January 1857. 
Some Remarks on the Literature and Philosophy of the 
Chinese. By the Rev. Dr Robert Lee, . 433 
Observations on the Crinoidea, showing their connection with 
other branches of the Echinodermata. By Fort-Major 
Thomas Austin, F.G.S. Communicated by Professor 
Balfour, . . . . . 433 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 435 
Monday , 19$ January 1857. 
On the application of the Theory of Probabilities to the ques- 
tion of the Combination of Testimonies. By Professor 
Boole. Communicated by Bishop Terrot, . 435 
On New Species of Marine Diatomaceee from the Firth of 
Clyde and Loch Fine. By Professor Gregory. Illus- 
trated by numerous, drawings, and by enlarged figures, all 
drawn by Dr Greville, . . . 442 
Short Verbal Notice of a simple and direct method of Comput- 
ing the Logarithm of a Number. By Edward Sang, Esq., 451 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 451 
Monday , 2d February 1857. 
On the Urinary Secretion of Fishes, with some remarks on this 
secretion in other classes of Animals. By John Da yy, 
M.D., F.R.SS. London and Edinburgh, . 452 
On the Reproductive Economy of Moths and Bees ; being an 
Account of the Results of Von Siebold’s Recent Re- 
searches in Parthenogenesis. By Professor Goodsir, 454 
On the Principles of the Stereoscope ; and on a new mode of 
exhibiting Stereoscopic Pictures. By Dr W. Macdonald, 455 
Donations to the Library, . . . . 455 
Monday , 16$ February 1857. 
On the Crania of the Kaffirs and Hottentots, and the Physical 
and Moral Characteristics of these Races. By Dr Black, 
F.G.S. , 456 
On a Roche Moutonnee on the summit of the range of hills 
separating Loch Fine and Loch Awe. In a letter from 
the Duke of Argyll to Professor Forbes, . 459 
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