The President said—This session of the Royal Society, not the least interesting or remarkable of the series, is now about to close. I have been furnished with a statement of the papers which have been read, which exhibits a creditable amount of industry as well as of ability among its members. It seems that of these 16 were in Natural Philosophy, 15 in Mathematics, 6 in Geology, 2 in Chemistry, 6 in Mineralogy, 6 on Meteorology, 2 in Spectroscopic Astronomy, 4 in Natural History, 5 on Botany, 5 in Physiology, 1 on Language, 2 on History and Antiquities, 2 on Anthropology, and 5 on Political Economy.