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sioners are not about to close their trust or distribute their 
surplus funds. 
At a meeting of the Council held on the 6th of March 
last a resolution was passed unanimously authorising the 
President to sign a memorial to the City Council in favour 
of the removal of the Reference Library from Campfield to 
the Old Town Hall, in King Street. 
The following papers and communications have been rea^ 
at the ordinary and sectional meetings of the society during 
the present session : — 
October Zrd, 1876. — “On the Action of Water and Saline Solu- 
tions upon Lead,” part II., by M. M. Pattison Muir, F.R.S.E., 
Assistant Lecturer on Chemistry, Owens College. 
October ^th, 1876. — “Address on the recent Progress of Natural 
History,” by Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., &c. 
October \*lth, 1876. — “On the Protection of Buildings from 
Lightning,” by Joseph Baxendell, F.R. A.S. 
“On a Remarkable Meteor,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., &c., 
President. 
“On the Directions of the Face Joints of Oblique Arches,” by 
J. B. Millar, B.A., communicated by Professor 0. Reynolds, M.A. 
October 31si5, 1876. — “On the Arctic Expedition,” by Professor 
0. Reynolds, M.A. 
“On a Portrait of Tycho Brahe,” by Samuel Crompton, M.D. 
“Remarks on the General Affections of the Barometer, noticed 
by Mr. J. A. Broun,” by Professor B. Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S. 
“ On the Manner in which Raindrops and Hailstones are 
Formed,” by Professor 0. Reynolds, M.A. 
November ^th, 1876. — “ Wealden Fossils from Columbia, South 
America,” by John Plant, F.G.S. 
“ The Raised Beaches of County Antrim ; their Molluscan 
Fauna, and Flint Implements,” by Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. 
N ovember lith^ 1876. — “On the Meteor of August 15th,” by 
Mr. John Petrie, communicated by the President. 
“ On the Eucalyptus,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., &c., President. 
“ Notice of a passage in Clement of Alexandria on the Origin of 
