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March 20</i, I860. — “On the History of Invenlion as applied (o 
the Dyeing and Priming of Fabrics. Part 2nd, Mechanics,” by Mr. 
John Graham. 
April 3rrf, 1860 — “A Brief Memoir of the late John Kennedy, 
Esq.,” by William Fairbairn, F.R.S., &c. 
“ Experiments on the Efflux of Air,” by J. P. Joule, LL.D., &c. 
“ Contributions to Medical Meteorology,” by Messrs. Arthur 
Ransome and G. V. Vernon. 
Of these a number have been ordered to be printed iii the 
Memoirs. Some are still under the consideration of the 
Council. Of those which are to be printed, several will be 
found to be of great value and importance. 
The Council has determined to close the second series of 
the Society’s Memoirs, which commenced in the year 1805, 
and consists of fifteen volumes. The forthcoming volume 
will accordingly be the first of the third series. 
Since the last Annual Meeting a mathematical and physi- 
cal section has been formed among the members. The 
reports of its proceedings have been issued at intervals along 
with those of the Society. The establishment of a section 
for statistics and sociology has also been sanctioned by the 
Council, but it is not yet formally constituted. 
The Council has adopted a scheme to regulate the relations 
which are for the future to subsist between the Society and 
its various sections. To this scheme the sections at present 
existing have expressed their adherence. 
It was resolved by the Council, in the name of the Society, 
to join with the other Societies and Institutions of the city in 
inviting the British Association to hold its meeting for 1861 
