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February 28 th, 1870. — “On some Shell Deposits at Llandudno,” 
by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham. 
March 1st, 1870. — “Results of Rain Gauge and Anemometer 
Observations made at Eccles, near Manchester, during the year 
1869,” by Thomas Mackereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
March 8th, 1870. — “ On the high Death-Rate of Manchester and 
Salford,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
“ On the Sources of the high Death-Rate of Manchester,” by 
Edward Lund, F.R.C.S. 
“On the Suspension of a Ball by a Jet of Water,” by Professor 
Osborne Reynolds, M.A. 
March 2 2nd, 1870. — “On the Size of Molecules,” by Sir W. 
Thomson, F.R.S. 
“ On the Determination of Phosphoric Acid,” by Mr. W. C. 
Williams, communicated by Professor H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S. 
“On the Composition of the Water of the Irish Sea,” by T. E. 
Thorpe, Ph.D., and Mr. E. H. Morton. 
“ On the Occultations of the Planet Saturn by the Moon, 
April 19, July 10, and September 30, visible in England during 
the present year,” by Mr. W. L. Dickinson. 
March 28th, 1870. — “On the Exploration of the Hysena-den at 
Wookey Hole,” by Wm. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S. 
“ On the Germination and Early Growth of Plants,” by Dr. 
Arthur Ransome, M.A. 
April 5th, 1870. — “ Description of a New Anemometer,” by Mr. 
Peter Hart. 
“On the Settle Cave Exploration,” by Wm. Boyd Dawkins, 
M.A., F.R.S. 
“On the Eclipse of the Sun, December 21-22, 1870,” by Mr. 
W. L. Dickinson. 
“ On the Influence of Changes in the Character of the Seasons 
upon the Rate of Mortality,” by Joseph Baxendell, F.R.A.S. 
Some of these papers have already been printed in the 
current volume of the Society’s Memoirs, and others have 
been passed for printing, and will complete the volume. 
The system of electing sectional associates still works 
satisfactorily, and in recommending that it be continued 
