1897-98.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
703 
2. Report of the Seventh International Geological Congress (1897). 
By J. K. Talmage, Ph.D., F.G.S., one of the Society’s Delegates to the 
Congress. 
3. The Relations between the Coaxial Minors of a Determinant of the 
Fourth Order. By Thomas Muir, LL.D. Trans., xxxix. pp. 323-339. 
4. On Converging Prisms. By Charles A. Stevenson, B.Sc., M. 
Inst. C.E. 
5. Observations on the Migratory Movements of Salmonidse during 
the Spawning Season. By W. L. Calderwood, Esq. pp. 47-55. 
6. On the Ellipse-Glissette Elimination Problem. By Professor Nan- 
son. Communicated by Professor Chrystal. pp. 158-161. 
FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 7th February 1898. 
Professor M‘Kendrick, M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Notes on some Specimens of Rocks from the Antarctic Regions. 
By Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S. ; with Petrographical Notes by 
J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S. pp. 66-70. 
2. Notes on some Additional Fossils collected at Seymour Island, 
Graham’s Land, by Dr Donald and Captain Larsen. By George 
Sharman, F.G.S., and E. T. Newton, F.R.S. Communicated by Sir 
A. Geikie. pp. 58-61. 
3. Contributions to the Spectrqscopy of Haemoglobin and its Deriva- 
tives. By Dr David Fraser Harris, pp. 187-208. 
4. On the Action of Hydroxylamine Hydrochlorate. By Dr W. 
Brodie-Brodie. Communicated by Dr M ‘Kendrick, pp. 56-57. 
5. On the Derivation of the Curves of Vowel Sounds by the Micro- 
scopical Examination of their Phonograms. By Dr Boeke, of Alkmaar. 
Communicated by Dr M‘Kendrick. pp. 88-96. 
6. On the Fourierian Analysis of Phonographic Tracings of Vowels. 
By Dr R. J. Lloyd, Liverpool, pp. 97-117. 
7. Observations on the Theories of Vowel Sounds. By Dr 
M‘Kendrick. pp. 71-87. 
A Paper by Dr John Murray on “ Bipolarity ” in the Distri- 
bution of Marine Organisms was postponed for want of time. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected : — Cecil Carus-Wilson, James Campbell 
Irons, A. T. Masterman, Benjamin Hall Blyth, Richard Vary 
Campbell, the Hon. John Abercromby. 
