710 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
Mineralogy, 5 to Geology, 4 to Physical Geography, 4 to Meteor- 
ology, 10 to Zoology, 1 to Botany, 9 to Physiology, 1 to Anatomy, 
1 to Philology, and 1 to Archaeology. 
The President has favoured ns with papers on Cosmic Physics 
and Electrodynamics, while the Physical and Chemical Labora- 
tories of the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow have furnished 
important contributions to our publications, nor have the Physio- 
logical Laboratories of these Universities been less assiduous in 
giving us communications of great interest and value. A distin- 
guished Fellow of the Society at the Cape of Good Hope still 
contributes papers on the Higher Algebra. The proximity of the 
Firth of Forth has led to communications on the structure and 
physiology of the organisms found within its waters; whilst the 
able officials of the Geological Survey of Scotland have kept a 
successful outlook for the traces of extinct organisms impressed on 
the rocks which come under their notice in the course of their 
operations, and have handed the fossils, thus found, for classifica- 
tion to an expert, who has described them to the Society. Sir 
John Murray favoured us with an Address on the Structure and 
Origin of Coral Islands, while his example has led other naturalists 
to give papers on Antarctic Zoology and Atlantic Deposits. The 
Astronomer-Boyal for Scotland illustrated, from personal observa- 
tions, the grand phenomena of the Eclipse of the sun of 22nd January 
last ; nor must I omit to mention that we have had a paper partly 
scientific and partly literary on the Crab in relation to Cancer in 
Mythology; and Professor Crum Brown, whose versatility we 
often have had occasion to admire, gave us a literary paper on the 
origin of some of the characters of the Phoenician Alphabet. 
During the Session we have added to our number twenty-four 
Ordinary Fellows. Of these — two are Principals of Colleges, one 
a Professor, five are University Lecturers, and three are Doctors of 
Medicine. 
Whilst welcoming the additions to our ranks, we have at the 
same time to lament the loss of ten Fellows who have been taken 
from us by death. These include — 
Mr James Syme, who for many years discharged the responsible 
duties of the office of General Manager of the British Linen 
Company’s Bank. 
