Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. M. P. William Terry, Esq.

* Sir John Thomas Stanley, Bart. F. R. S. Samuel Thornton, M. P. F. A. S. and F. A. S.

Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart. F. R. S Robert Morgan Tighe, Esq.

Richard Horsman Solly, Esq. A. M. H. Warburton, Esq. A. M. F. R. S,

The following Persons have paid their Contributions as Members, but have not been presented at a general Monthly Meeting for Admission. The Lord Bishop of St. DAVID'S.

Joseph Smith, Esq.

Lord WEBB SEYMOUR, F. R. S. Lond. William Walcot, Esq.

and Edin. F. L. S.

George Wilbraham, Esq.

Rear Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Thomas Brandam, Esq.

K. C. B.

Hon. J. W. Ward,

* James Alexander, Esq.

James Broadwood, Esq.

John George Seppings, Esq.
Thomas Hoblyn, Esq.

Frederick Hodgson, Esq.

Anthony Bertolacci, Esq.

William Rickson Beecher, Esq.

Samuel Parkes, Esq.

Richard Hart Davis, Esq. M. P. F. R. S. Capt. W. C. Holloway.

Andrew Gregory Johnstone, Esq.

Samuel P. Wright, Esq.

A List of Books presented to the Library of the Royal Institution, in

1816.

the year 1816.

Jan. 14. A Treatise on the Valuation of Annuities and Assu

rances on Lives and Survivorships, 2 vol. 8vo. The Barrington School, 3d edition, 8vo.

Donors.
Joshua Milne, Esq.

Sir T. Bernard, Bart.
M. R. I.

22. A Statement of the early Symptoms which lead to wa- Dr. Yeats.

ter on the Brain, 8vo.

On the Fire Damp of Coal Mines, 8vo.

Feb. 18. A Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Gilsland,

Letters on Public-House licensing.

26. Catalogue of British Specimens in the Geological
Collection of the Royal Institution, 8vo.

Catalogue des Livres de M. Le Compt de Mac Carthy,
2 vol. 8vo.

Trial between Moore and Adam for an Assault at

Alicant in Spain, 8vo.

Sir H. Davy, F. R. S.
V. P. R. S. &c.
W. R. Clanny, M. D.
M. R. I. A.
Barber Beaumont, Esq.
W. T. Brande, Esq. Prof.
of Chym. R. I. and Sec.
R. S.

Earl Spencer, President of
the R. I.
Thomas Moore, Esq.

Mar. 18. Further Proceedings of the Honourable House of George Hibbert, Esq.
Assembly of Jamaica relative to the Bill for pre-
venting the unlawful Importation of Slaves in the
British Colonies.

1816.

Mar. 18. Copies of a Letter containing Queries respecting
the State of the Silver and Copper Coins in the Isl-
and of Barbadoes, 8vo.

April 8. Catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts in the Li-
brary of the Society of Antiquaries, 4to.
Remarks on the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis,
A Chinese Poem, with a Translation and Notes,

Epitome of a Scheme of Finance,

24. Vol. XXXIII. of the Transactions of the Society of
Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 8vo.
An Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character
of King James I. 8vo.

An Introduction to Geology, by Robert Bakewell, 2d
edition, 8vo.

Three Familiar Lectures on Craniological Physiog-
nomy, 9vo.

May 13. The Principles of Population and Production, as they
are affected by the Progress of Society; with a
View to Moral and Political Consequences, 8vo.
20. Remedies proposed for the Relief of our present Em-
barrasments,

Bertram; a Poetical Tale in Four Cantos, 12mo.
June 10. Edda Rhythmica seu antiquior, vulgo Sæmundina

dieta, 4to.

July 1. Mr. Basil Montagu's Selections of Opinions upon the
Punishment of Death, 3 vol. 8vo.

Joannis

8. Martini Lutheri Opera omnia, 7 vol. folio. Phillippi
Melancthonis Opera omnia, 4 vol. folio.
Hus, et Hieronymi Pragensis Historia et Monu-
menta, 2 vol. folio,

Theophrasti Eresii Historia Plantarum, Gr. 8 vol. 8vo.
Spurinna; or the Comforts of Old Age, 8vo.

An Essay on the Construction of a Turnpike Gate,
Sept. 8. Conversations on Political Economy, in which the
Elements of that Science are familiarly explained,
An Analysis of the Mineral Water of Tunbridge
Wells,

Oct. 10. An Address delivered to the Inhabitants of New
Lanark, on January 1, 1816,

A New View of Society; or, Essays on the Forma-
tion of the Human Character, 8vo.

The Colonial Journal, No. II.

Dec. 2. A Grammar of the German Language, 8vo.

Transactions of the Geological Society, Vol. II. and

III.

Augusteum; Dresdens antike Denkmaler enthaltend;
Herausgegeben von W. G. Becker, folio,

Dec. 12. An account of the Visit of his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, with their Imperial and Royal Ma-
jesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of
Prussia to the Corporation of London, in June, 1814;
and also the Entertainment to his Grace the Duke
of Wellington, 9th July 1814, folio,

Philosophical Transactions for 1816, 2 parts,

The Royal Society.

On the Lines that divide each semidiurnal Arc into Six W. A. Cadell, Esq. F. R.

equal Parts, 4to.

The Repository of the Arts, for 1816,

European Magazine, for 1816,

S. Lond. and Edin. Mr. Akerman, the Pub

lisher.

Mr. Asperne, the Publisher.

List of Donations to the Mineralogical and Geological Collection

PRESENTS.

in 1816.

Specimens of volcanic minerals from Vesuvius,
A series of specimens from the Isle of Arran, &c.
A series of specimens illustrating the geology
of Cornwall, Devonshire, and the Western
Counties in General,

Ditto from North and South Wales,

Ditto from several parts of Scotland,

Ditto North of Ireland,

Donors.
Sir H. Davy.

H. M. Da Costa, Esq.
J. F. Daniell, Esq.
and W. T. Brande,
Esq.
Ditto, Ditto.

Ditto, Ditto.

Ditto, Ditto.

Geological specimens from Cumberland and T. Allan, Esq.

Westmoreland,

Green oxide of uranium from Cornwall,

A series of Derbyshire toadstones,

Wavellite from Barnstable,

Specimens of black sulphuret of copper, of car

bonate of lead, and of oxide of tin from Cornwall,

Mr. Mawe.

Ditto.

Ditto.

W. T. Brande, Esq.

Various specimens of polished marble from W. Porden. Esq.

Shropshire,

Materials used in the manufactory of pottery,
Specimens of the coal strata of Northumberland,
Specimens of chromate of iron from Norway,

J. Wedgwood, Esq.

H. G. Horn, Esq.
Dr. Esmark.

The following donations have also been received for the purchase of

Daniel Moore, Esq. 211.

Minerals;

J. Frederic Daniell, Esq. 217.

W. T. Brande, Esq. 217.

J. Sanders, Esq. 107. 10s.
A. Copland, Esq. 211.

The Descriptive Catalogue of the Geological Collection may be had at the Institution, and at Messrs. Longmans, Paternoster-row.

Select List of New Publications, from July, 1816, to the 20th of March, 1817.

NATURAL HISTORY.

General Zoology; or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M. D. Vol. IX. in two parts. By James Francis Stephens, F. L. S. 8vo. 21. 12s. 6d. royal paper, 31. 16s.

A Treatise on Greyhounds, with Observations on their Treatment and Disorders. 8vo. 5s.

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. By Oliver Goldsmith; illustrated with copperplates. With Corrections and Additions, by W. Turton, M. D. F. L. S. 6 vols. 8vo. 31. An Essay on Human Hair. By Alexander Rowlandson, 8vo. 5s.

Appendix to the first edition of Kirby and Spence's Insects; comprising the additional matter inserted in the second edition; 8vo. 1s. 6d.

The Elements of Conchology, according to the Linnæan System; illustrated by 28 plates, drawn from nature. By the Rev. E. J. Burrows, A. M. F. L. S. 8vo. 16s.

The Elements of Conchology; or Natural History of Shells, according to the Linnæan System. With Observations on Modern Arrangements. By Thomas Brown, Esq. 8vo. 8s. plain, 12s. coloured.

BOTANY.

A System of Physiological Botany. By the Rev. P. Keith, F. L. S. 2 vols. 11 6s.

Compendium Flora Britannica. Second edition, corrected, and continued to the end of the third volume of the Flora Britannica. With all the newly discovered Plants from the English Botany, and references to that work throughout. Auctore Jacobo Eduardo Smith, Esq. Aur. M.D. Societatis Linnæanæ Præside, &c. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

The Florist's Manual; or Hints for the Construction of a gay Flower Garden, &c. By the Authoress of Botanical Dialogues, 12mo. 4s. 6d.

The Botanist's Companion; or an Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the uses of Plants, either growing wild in Great Britain, or cultivated for the purposes of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Economy, or the Arts, on a new Plan. By William Salisbury, 2 vols. 12mo.

Flora Tunbrigensis; or a Catalogue of Plants growing wild in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells; arranged according to