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Notes. 
M. Barral, Perpetual Secretary of the National Society of Agri- 
cure, also delivered a lecfture on “ The Use of the Rhone Water 
for Irrigation.” The meeting for 1880 will take place in Rheims, 
in the month of August, while it has been decided to hold the 
meeting of 1881 at Algiers, during the month of April. For 
this meeting M. Chauveaux, Director of the Veterinary School 
of Lyons, has been elecfted the President. Among the papers 
read before the Chemical and Physical Sections were : “ On the 
Compound Ammonias,” by M. Buisine ; “ On the Oxidising 
Adlion of Cupric Oxide,” by M. Cazeneuve ; “ On the Deter- 
mination of Methylic Alcohol in Ethylic Alcohol,” by M. Caillol ; 
“ On the Calcareous Soils of Barcelona, from a Chemical Point 
of View,” by M. Luis Cabello e Ibanez ; “ On the Emissive 
and Absorbent Powers of Flames, by M. Rosetti; “ On a Com- 
pass for the Measurement of Powerful Currents,” byM. Ducretet; 
“ On the Method of Measuring the Intensities of the Currents 
of Bunsen Batteries by means of Thomson’s Galvanometer,” by 
M. Mercadier; and “ On Thermometric Measurements of High 
Temperatures,” by M. Crova. 
