1897-98.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
705 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On Thermodynamics, founded on Motivity and Energy. By the 
President. pp. 126-130. 
2. An Investigation of the Microscopical Appearances of the Grains in 
the more commonly occurring Starches. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
By Hugh Galt, Esq., M.A., M.D. Communicated by Professor 
M‘Kendrick. 
3. On Methods of Mapping Kainfall. By A. J. Herbertson, Esq. 
4. The Normal Rainfall of India and the Abnormalities in 1896. By 
A. J. Herbertson, Esq. 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, Mh April 1898. 
Professor Copeland, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr Cecil Carus Wilson, Mr Alexander Veitch Lothian, and 
Mr S. C. Mahalanobis were admitted Fellows of the Society. 
At the request of the Council , an Address on “ Theories concern- 
ing the Structure and Origin of Coral Reefs and Islands ” (with 
Lantern Illustrations), was given by Dr John Murray. 
Mr W. Cossar Mackenzie and Dr T. H. Bryce were balloted 
for, and declared duly elected Fellows of the Society. 
TENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 2nd May 1898. 
Dr Munro in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On Consonant Sounds. By R. J. Lloyd, D.Lit., Hon. Reader in 
Phonetics at the University College, Liverpool, pp. 219-247. 
2. On a Supposed Resemblance between the Marine Faunas of the 
Arctic and Antarctic Regions. By Professor DArcy W. Thompson. 
pp. 311-349. 
3. The Distribution of Mean Monthly and Annual Rainfall over the 
Land Surface of the Globe, illustrated by Thirteen New Maps. By 
Mr Andrew J. Herbertson. 
Mr William Archer Tait, Dr Albert A. Gray, and Mr Alex- 
ander W. Roberts were balloted for, and declared duly elected 
Fellows of the Society. 
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