1898-99.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
729 
FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 3rd July 1899. 
Professor Copeland, Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, 
Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Non-alternate ± Knots of the Tenth Order. By Professor 
C. N. Little. Communicated by Professor Tait. Trans., xxxix. 
pp. 771-778. 
2. Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of 
India. Part I. — The Hill Tribes of the North-East Frontier, and the 
People of Burma. By Professor Sir W. Turner, F.R.S. Trans., xxxix. 
pp. 703-747. {Abstract) pp. 550-552. 
3. Decorated and Sculptured Skulls from New Guinea. By the 
Same. pp. 553-572. 
4. An Improved Form of Craniometer for the Segmentation of the 
Transverse, Vertical, and Antero-posterior Diameters of the Cranium. 
By David Hepburn, M.D. pp. 601-618. 
5. On the Meteorology of Ben Nevis in Clear and in Foggy Weather. 
By J. Y. Buchanan, M.A., F.R.S. Trans., xxxix. pp. 773-826. 
Dr E. H. Snell was balloted for, and declared duly elected a 
Fellow of the Society. 
THIRD SPECIAL MEETING. 
Monday , 10 th July 1899. 
Professor Copeland, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr James M c Cubbin was admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
At the request of the Council, Professor Cargill G. Knott, 
formerly of the Imperial University of Japan, gave an address 
“ On Earthquake Vibrations, their Propagation through the Earth, 
and their Beariug on the Question of the Earth’s Internal State.” 
{With Lantern Illustrations.) pp. 573-585. 
FIFTEENTH AND LAST ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 17 th July 1899. 
The Hon. John Abercromby in the Chair. 
Mr James Taylor was admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
PRIZES. 
The Keith Prize for the period 1895-97 was presented to Dr 
Thomas Muir, for his continued communications on Determinants 
and Allied Questions. 
