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ROYAL SOCIETY.

March 3rd, 1831. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, K.G., in the chair.

The following gentlemen were proposed as candidates :—The Honour- able Frederick De Roos, of Stafford Place, Commander in the Royal Navy. Edward Coleman, Esq., Professor at the Veterinary College. John Evans, Esq., F.O.S., of Hertford Street, Mayfair. The Rev. Robert Walker, M.A., Tutor of Wadham College, Oxford, was elected a Fellow.

The following presents were announced v Illustrations of Indian Zoology ; Money's Vade Mecum of Morbid Anatomy, 2nd edi- tion ; The Christian Magazine ; Proceedings of the Geological Society, No. 18; Illustrations of 'Mr. S. Cooper's Surgical Dictionary, Parts 9, 5, and 6; by W. P. Cocks, Esq.

The remainder of Mr. Lloyd's paper was read, giving an account of Operations carried on for ascertaining the Difference of Level be- tween the River Thames at London Bridge and the Sea, and also for determining the Height above the Level of the Sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Itridge.