Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. Vice President and Treasurer in the chair; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Dr Fitton; Mr Richard Phillips; Dr Roget; Lieutenant Colonel Sabine; Lieutenanat Colonel Sykes Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting Dr Martin Barry On the Corda Dorsalis. Postponed Dr Martin Barry On the Corpuscles of the Blood - Part 2 Mr L Howard On a cycle of 18 years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the Climate of London etc. Postponed Mr L Howard On a remarkable depression of the barometer in November 1840, agreeing very closely in its movements and results with that of December 1821. Meteorological Archives Mr Redhouse General results of meteorological Observations at Constantinople. Meteorological Archives Mr Mc Cormick Remarks on the Birds of Kereguelens Land. Deposited in the Iron Chest of the Society Mr L Howard On the proportion of the prevailing winds, the mean temperature and depth of rain iin the climate of London thro' a cycle of 18 years. Postponed Mr Rutherford Investigation of a new and simple series by which the ratio of the diameter of the circle to its circumference may be easily computed to any required degree of accuracy. Postponed Mr J Robertson Catalogue of Birds on board H M Ship Terror, between the Cape of Good Hope and Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania; Lutruwita or Truwana]. Deposited in the Iron Chest of the Society. Mr J Robertson Description of Plants from Kerguelen's Land collected in May, Fune and July 1840. Deposited in the Iron Chest of the Society Mr Utting Hourly Meteorologivcal Observations taken at Naples at 9 am during January and February 1841. Meteorological Archives Sir Woodbine Parish Barometrical Observations taken at Naples, at 9 am during January and February 1841. Meteorological Archives Mr Ferrall On the anatomy and physiology of certain structures in the orbit. Postponed Mr H Fox Talbot Recent improvements in Photography. To be printed in the proceedings Mr Claudeet New mode of preparation of the Daguerrotype Plates. To be printed in the proceedings Reverend H Moseley Researches on the theory of Machines. Referred Mr Henwood Experiments on the electro conditions of the rocks and metalliferous veins of Longclose and Rosewell Hill Mines in Cornwall. Referred Mr Joule On the heat evolved by metallic conductors of electicity. Withdrawn Dr Robert Lee On the nervous Ganglia of the Uterus. Referred Dr Martin Barry On the Corpuscles of the Blood - Part 3. Referred Mr Exley A new theory of Physics, with its application to important phenomena hitherto considered as ultimate facts. Referred Mr Newport On the development of the myriapoda. To be printed, as the Bakerian Lecture for 1841 24 June 1841