554 General Monthly Meeting. [June 7, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, June 7. 



The Lord Ashburton, D.C.L. F.R.S. Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Professor Thomas Minchin Goodeve, M. A. 

 James Johnston, Esq. 

 Mrs, Portlock, and 

 Miss Anne Swan wick. 



were duly elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Presents were announced, and the thanks of the 

 Members returned for the same : — 

 From 



Hon. East India Company — Bombay Observations for 1856. 4to. 1857. 

 Airy, G. B. F.R.S. (^sfronomer-i?o_yai)— Description of the Galvanic Chro- 



nographic Apparatus at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 4to. 1858. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal — Monthly Notices, May, 1858. 

 ^M<Aor, T/jc— The Social Evil. 8vo. 1858. 

 Bradbury, Henry, Esq. M.R.I, (the Author) — Printing : its Dawn, Day, and 



Destiny. 4to. 1858. 

 British Architects, Royal Institute o/*— Proceedings in May 1858. 4to. 

 Editors — The Medical Circular for May 1857. 8vo. 



The Practical Mechanic's Journal for May 1858. 4to. 



The Journal of Gas- Lighting for May 1 858. 4to. 



The Mechanics' Magazine for May 1858. 8vo. 



The Athenaeum for May 1858. 4to. 



The Engineer for May 1858. fol. 



The Artizan for May 1858. 

 Faraday, Professor. — Reale Accademia delle Scienze, Napoli : — Memorie, 



Vol. I. fasc 2. Vol. II, 1857. Rendiconto. 1856-7. 4to. 

 Geological Society — Proceedings, May, 1858. 



Quarterly Journal, No. 54. 8vo. 1858. 

 Greenwich, Royal Observatory — Observations in 1856. 4to. 1858. 

 Linnean Society — Proceedings, No, 8. 8vo, 1858. 

 Logan, Sir W. E. (the Director) — Geological Survey of Canada. Report for 



1853-6. 8vo, and 4to. 1857. 

 Lunacy Commissioners — Tenth and Eleventh Reports. 8vo. 1856-7. 

 Mendicity Society — Fortieth Annual Report. 8vo, 1858, 

 Robin, M. Ei.— Loi Nouvelle re'gissant les Differentes Propri^tes Chimiques, 



&c. 8vo, Paris, 1853. 

 Royal Society of Literature — Transactions, Vol, VI. Parti. 8vo. 1857. 

 Taylor, Alfred S. M.D. F.R.S. M.R.I. (<Ae ^M^or)— Medical Jurispiudence, 



6th Ed. 16to. 1858. 

 Wilson, Thos. Esq. M.R.I. — Etudes sur les Fe'cules les plus usitees, par Dr. 



Saugerres. 8vo, 1858, 

 Yates, James, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I, (the Author)— Wh&t is the best Unit of 



Length? 8vo. 1858. 



