xiii HONORARY MEMBERS. LIMITED TO FIFTY. 1.-1844 T. B. Hall, Crane House, Yarmouth 2.-1850 The Rev. Canon St. Vincent Beechy, M.A., Rector of Hilgay, Norfolk 3.-1851 The Rev. Canon Robert Bickersteth Mayor, B.D., Rector of Frating, Essex 4.-1865 The Right Rev. T. N. Staley, D.D., late Bishop of Honolulu, Vicar of Croxhall, Lichfield 5.-1865 Sir Edward J. Reed, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.P., Hextable, Dartford, Kent 6.-1865 Cuthbert Collingwood, M.A., M.B., F.L.S., 69 Great Russell-street, London, W.C. 7.-1870 Lord Avebury, F.R.S., etc., 2 St. James's-square, London 8.-1870 Professor Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., etc., Owens College, Manchester 9.-1870 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., F.R.S., etc., The Camp, Sunnyside, Berks 10.-1870 The Rev. Christian D. Ginsburg, LL.D., Virginia Waters, Berks, EX-PRESIDENT 11.-1877 The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, F.R.S., Foreign Secretary of R.A.S., etc., 9 Gros venor-square, London 12.-1877 Albert C. N. Günther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., Kew 13.—1877 Dr. Leidy, Academy of Science, Philadelphia 14.-1877 Dr. Franz Steindachner, Royal and Imperial Museum, Vienna 15.-1877 The Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Canon of Durham, The College, Durham 16.-1881 H. J. Carter, F.R.S., The Cottage, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 17.-1881 The Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A., F.R.S., Stokeleigh, Leigh Woods, Clifton, Bristol 18.-1881 The Rev. W. H. Dallinger, D.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.M.S., Ingleside, Lee, London, S.E. 19.-1895 William Ihne, Ph.D., Heidleberg 20.-1896 Isaac Roberts, D.Sc., F.R.S. F.G.S., F.R.A.S., Crowborough, Sussex 21.-1897 Henry Longuet Higgins (care of Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Co.), 17 Throgmorton-street, London, E.C. 22.-1899 Rev. G. H. Rendall, M.A., Litt.D., Charterhouse School, Godalming, Ex-PRESIDENT 23.-1901 Rev. Walter William Skeat, Litt.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D., Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Cambridge, since 1878, 2 Salisbury Villas, 24.-1901 Richard Garnett, LL.D., C.B., 27 Tanza-road, Parliament Hill, London, N.W. 25.-1903 E. Davies, F.C.S., F.I.C., 28 Chapel-street PAYMENTS. £ s. d. 27 19 10 1901. By Printer, Balance a/c. for last Session's Vol. " 1 Arrear. 1902. By Printer, Printing and Stationery a/c. to 31st Dec., 1901 " Printer, Printing and Stationery a/c. to 31st March, 1902 Printer on a/c. of this Session's Volume...... 1901. By Boote & Sons, Removal of Books to University College 1902. By Conlon & Sons for Lantern Exhibitions ..... 2 2 0 8 11 4 J. H. Ellick, Refreshments to 31st Dec., 1901 PAYMENTS. £ s. d. 19 11 5 1902. By Printer, Balance a/c. for last Session's Vol. 1903. 6 By Printing and Stationery to 31st Dec., 1902 do. 10 1 11 31st Mar., 1903 ... Do. Printer for proportion of Papers printed 1902. By Dr. Nevins, towards illustrations 1903. By Mrs. Ellick, Teas, etc., to 31st Dec., 1902 ... Do. do. 30th Apl., 1903 .. W. H. Tomkinson, Lantern Dinner Account. Balance loss Hon. Treasurer's Expenses for the Session 4 4 4 5 3 5 0 15 20 0 15 1 £112 3 4 Examined and found correct, (Signed) R. C. JOHNSON,) Auditors. (Signed) RD. EASTLEY, xvii PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. NINETY-SECOND SESSION, 1902-03. ROYAL INSTITUTION, LIVERPOOL. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Royal Institution, on 6th October, 1902. Rev. E. A. Wesley, M.A., President, occupied the chair. The following Report of the retiring Council was read and adopted : REPORT. The Ninety-first session of the Society (1901-02), of which the Council has the pleasure of now submitting a report, was one of considerable interest. In addition to the Annual, there were twelve Ordinary meetings, at which the papers read were of exceptional merit. One of these gatherings was held by the kind invitation of Prof. Wilberforce at his theatre, in University College; his lecture on "Pendulums" being illustrated by numerous experiments, the apparatus for which was of a delicate character, and incapable of transportation to the Royal Institution. The Annual Dinner of the Society, although the b |