Chair: Macdonald, William James
Papers:
Allardice, Robert Edgar: "On Stirling's approximation to n! when n is large"
Fraser, Alexander Yule: "A device for the analysis of intervals and chords in music"
Elected:
Bennett, Peter
Ritchie, Rev. R S
Alexander Yule Fraser exhibited the mechanical device in his paper.
The conversation on the teaching of arithmetic was resumed, and after a short discussion a committee of four consisting of William James Macdonald, John Sturgeon Mackay, Robert Robertson, and Alexander Yule Fraser was appointed to bring together suggestions and report to the next meeting.