ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION,

ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS, WOOLWICH. (FOUNDED 1838.)

Officers.-President: Field-Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, K.G. Secretary Major A. C. T. Boileau, R. A.

Membership.-Entrance Fee, £1; Annual Subscription, according to rank. Publications.-Minutes of Proceedings (monthly). "Kane's" List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1716 to 1899, 4th edition, 8s. 6d. to Members, 15s. to the public.

Contents of Volume XXVII. for March 1900 to March 1901.

Adye, Gen. Sir J.-Memoirs of General | Hickman, Maj. H. P. and Maj. E. H. Sir John Adye, G.C.B., Colonel

Diary of Capt. Wragge during the
Crimean War.
O'Callaghan, Maj.-Gen.-Field Glasses
for Service.

Oldfield, Maj. H. E.-In Charge of a
Convoy in South Africa.
Osborn, Maj. G.-Field Glasses for
Service.

Pack-Beresford, Capt. A. W.-Now

that Q.F. Guns, etc. (Commended
Essay.) See under MacMunn.
Patterson, Maj. E. H. See Hickman,
Maj. H. P.

Peel, Capt. E. J. R.-Ranging with
Field Guns.

Pennethorne, Capt. H. E.-Thoughts

on Coast Defence suggested by the
Boer War.

Petrie, Dr W. M. F.-Excavating in
Egypt.

Pottinger, Capt. E. C.-A Recent
Survey in Western China.
Powell, Capt. H. L.-How a Field Gun

of Greater Mobility might be used
equal to the 5-inch B. L. Howitzer.
Prinsep, Lt.-Col. D. G.-The Tactics
of the Artillery Escort.
Robinson, Capt. H. The Artillery
Escort.

Sandford, Capt. A. H.-Coast Defence :

suggested System of Fighting a Battery Command.

Saunders, Lt. R.-The Last Guns fired in anger in England.

Spender, Lt. W. B.-Night Communi-
cations in Fortresses.

Stanford, Maj. H. B.-Ranging with
Field Guns.

The Royal Military Repository.
Stone, Maj. F. G.-Historical Retro-
spect of Events leading to the
Boer War, 1899-1900.

Vincent, Capt. B.-Experiences with a Horse Transport from India to China.

Waldron, Lt.-Col. F.-Horses for Em-
barkation to South Africa from
England.

Warren, Capt. W. L. - Method of
Ranging a Group of Guns in a
Coast Battery, and Maintaining
Accurate Fire without P. F. or
D.R.F.

White, Maj. H. S.-Manoeuvring of
Wagons of a Field Battery.
Wyatt, Capt. F. O.--The Western Glacis
of India.

INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS,

5 ADELPHI TERRACE, STRAND, W.C. (FOUNDED 1860.) Officers.-President: The Right Hon. Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G., LL.D. Secretary R. W. Dana, 5 Adelphi Terrace, W.C.

Meetings.-Week before Passion Week. The Annual Summer Meetings are in June or July.

Membership. The Entrance Fee for Members and Associates is 42s.; and the Annual Subscription is 42s.

Papers read during 1901, at the Meetings held March 27, 28, and 29, at London, and on June 25, 26, and 27, at Glasgow, published in "Transactions," and also obtainable on application in pamphlet form at various prices.

Biles, Prof. J. H.-On Standardisation | Denny, A.-On Freeboard. June.
of Ships' Calculations. June.

Ten Years' Naval Construction in
the United States. Mar.
Brassey, Lord.-Mercantile Auxiliaries.
June.

The Conversion and Rearmament
of Ships on the Effective List. June.
Bruhn, J.-On the Transverse Strength
of Ships. June.
Dalby, Prof. W. E.-On the Balancing

of the Reciprocating Parts of Engines, including the Effect of the Connecting Rod. Mar.

D'Eyncourt, E. T.-On the Limit of
Economical Speed of Ships. June.
Drzewiecki, Mons. On Screw Pro-
pellers. June.

Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral C. C. P.

On a Proposed New Fast Scout.
Mar.
Gray, J. M.-The Geometry of Engine
Balancing.

Hauser, Mons. A.-Adoption of a
Rational System of Units in Ques-
tions of Naval Construction.
June.

Hovgaard, Capt. G. W.-The Motion
of Submarine Boats in the Vertical
Plane. Mar.

Irving, J.- On a New Water-tube
Boiler. Mar.

Joy, D.-On a New Assistant Cylinder.
Macalpine, J. H.-A Contribution to

the Solution of the Problem of
Vibration. June.

Mallock, A.-An Instrument for Meas

uring the Rolling of Ships. Mar. Schlick, 0.-On some Experiments made on Board the Atlantic Liner "Deutschland" during her Trial Trip in June 1900. Mar. Wingfield, H. C.-The Influence of Depth of Immersion on the Distribution of Pressure over a Submerged Moving Plate. Mar.

SHIPMASTERS' SOCIETY,

72 FENCHURCH STREET, E. C. (FOUNDED 1876.)

Officers.-President: Rt. Hon. Sir C. W. Dilke, Bart., M.P. Secretary: Capt. J. Munro Reid.

Meetings.—Last Monday and Friday of the month, alternately, from October to April (except December). The Annual Meeting is held on the second Monday in June.

Membership.-Annual Subscription, 21s.

Papers read from November 1900 to April 1901, and published separately, price 6d. each.

Allingham, W.-Under-laden Sailing | Clarke, Capt. A. W., R.N.R.-The Ships and Steamers. Apr. 1901.

Blake, Capt. H. A., R. N.R.-Sea-faring as a Vocation. Nov. 1900.

National Duty to the Mercantile
Marine. Feb. 1901.

Johnson, Com. H. M. W., R.N.-Com-
pass Correction. Dec. 1900.

SECTION IX.

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.

LONDON.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND,

13 HANOVER SQUARE, W.

(FOUNDED 1838; INCORPORATED 1840.)

Officers.-President: H.R.H. Prince Christian, K.G. Secretary: Sir Ernest Clarke, M.A., F.S.A.

Meetings are held for the Transaction of Business only. The Annual Meeting is held in May.

Membership.-Annual Subscription: for Governors, £5; for Members, £1. Life Composition: for Governors, £50; for Members, £15. Number of Members, about 11,000.

The "Journal" of the Roy. Agric. Soc. for 1900, Third Series, Vol. XI., issued quarterly, price 3s. 6d. each part (Murray), contains the following:

Annual Report for 1899 from the Princi- | Brown, E.-The British Egg Supply. pal of the Royal Veterinary College. for 1900 of the Consulting Chemist.

for 1900 of the Consulting
Botanist.

for 1900 of the Zoologist.
Joint Report by the Consulting Botanist
and the Consulting Chemist on the
Grass Experiments conducted by
the Society. (Second.)
Reports of the Council.
Report of the Special Committee on the
Society's Show System.

of Chemical Committee, Mar. 1900.

by the Consulting Chemist on
Experiments in Weed-Prevention
at Woburn. (Illustrated.)

on the Results of the First
Examination for the National
Diploma in Agriculture, 1900.
of the Tuberculin Committee.
Bear, W. E.-Fumigation for Insect
Pests.

Beaven, E. S. See Munro, J. M. H.

Clarke, Sir E.-Philip Pusey (1799– 1855.).

Courtney, F. S., M.I.C.E.-Agricultural Implements at the Paris International Exhibition, 1900.

The Trials of Milking Machines at
York.

Crawford, R. F.-Food Supply of the
United Kingdom.

Dalby, Prof. W. E., M.A.-The Trials
of Steam Diggers at York. (With
Six Illustrations.)

Douglas, L. M.-The Construction of a
Modern Bacon Factory.
Druce, S. B L. The Agricultural
Holdings Act, 1900.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,

(FOUNDED 1804; INCORPORATED 1809.)

Officers.-President: Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Secretary: Rev. W. Wilks, M.A. Meetings. On alternate Tuesdays, at 1 P.M. The Anniversary Meeting takes place in February.

Membership.-Annual Subscription for Fellows (according to privileges), 4 or 2 Guineas or 1 Guinea; commutation for each, 40, 25, or 15 Guineas.

Publication.-Journal.

Papers read from January 1900 to June 1901, and published in Journal," 21s. (quarterly).