Correspondence with various scientific societies, with related papers. The papers include notices, agendas, minutes and proceedings for the British Association and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society; H. Lloyd's presidential address to the British Association; reports on magnetism and meteorological observatories and the Kew Committee; R. Owen's address to the British Association; Airy's lecture and demonstrations on astronomy to the Bury St Edmunds Athenaeum, with a poster and plan for the meeting; material on a meeting of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts; and the rules and membership of the Surrey Archaeological Society. The correspondents include W.H. Smyth, W.E. Logan, E. Sabine, A. Thomson, R. Ransome, C.P. Smyth and T. Sopwith.