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Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
THIRTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 4 th June 1906. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Recherches sur la Glauconie. Par les Drs LIson W. Collet et 
Gabriel W. Lee, assistants de Sir John Murray, K.C.B. Com- 
munique par Sir John Murray, p. 238. 
2. Note on a rare Dolphin ( Delphinus acutus ) recently stranded on 
the Coast of Sutherland. By Sir William Turner, K.C.B. p. 310. 
3. Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of 
India. Part III. — Natives of the Madras Presidency, Thugs, Veddahs, 
Tibetans, and Seistanis. By Sir William Turner, K.C.B. Trans., 
vol. 45, p. 261. 
4. Interpolation for a Table of Fractions, with a Notice of Synthetic 
Division and its Use. By Dr James Burgess, C.I.E. 
5. On the Length of the Normal Chord of a Conic. By Professor 
Anglin. 
6. The Hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By 
James Ritchie, M.A. Communicated by Mr W. S. Bruce. Trans., 
vol. 45. 
7. Professor D. J. Cunningham will exhibit a Photograph by Mr 
W. E. Ward of the Salmon in the Corrib River, Galway. 
FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 18 th June 1906. 
Dr Munro, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. A Dietary Study of Five Halls of Residence for Students in 
Edinburgh. By Dr Isabella Cameron. Communicated by Dr D. 
Noel Paton. p. 327. 
2. On the Theory of Epidemics. By Dr John Brownlee. Com- 
municated by R. M. Buchanan, M.B. p. 484. 
3. The Plant Remains in the Scottish Peat Mosses. Part II. — The 
Scottish Highlands. By Francis J. Lewis, F.L.S. Communicated by 
Professor James Geikie. Trans., vol. 45, p. 335. 
Mr Frank A. Newington, Memb. Inst. C.E., Mr William 0. 
Vandenbergh, Dr Daniel E. Anderson, and Dr David Ellis 
were balloted for, and declared duly elected Fellows of the 
Society. 
