114 General Montlihj Meeting. [May 5, 



John Tyndall, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.E.S. was elected Honorary 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



The Eight Hon. Lord Eatleigh, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.E.S. 

 was elected Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



The following Alterations in the Bye Laws of the Eoyal Institu- 

 tion were passed : — 

 In Chapter VII. {Of the Duties of the Committee of Visitors). 



In Art. 3, line 3, omit, ^'April,'' " and October^ 



In Art. 3, liue 3, insert after the word " January " the word " and." 



The following was added to the Bye Laws of the Eoyal Institution 

 as the Final Chapter : — 



^^Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, whenever any 

 General Meeting, Managers' Meeting, or Visitors' Meeting would, 

 under the foregoing "provisions, he held on an Easter Monday, or on 

 a Whitsun Monday, or on a Good Friday, or on any Dank Holiday, 

 General Fast Day, or General Thanksgiving Day, it shall he 

 lawful for the Committee of Managers to appoint some other and 

 appropriate day for the holding of such meeting in place of the day 

 hereinbefore appointed. Notice of such appointment shall he given, 

 not less than twenty-one days prior to the holding of such meeting, 

 to such persons as shall be entitled to be present at such meeting." 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



FOB 



Lords of the Admiralty — Greenwich Observations, 1887. 4to. 1889. 



Appendices 1. II. III. 4to. 1889. 

 Governor-General of India — Geological Survey of India : Palseontologia Indica, 



iSeries XIII. Vol. IV. Part 1. fol. 1889. 

 Records, Vol. XXIII. Part 1. 4to. 1890. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta : Rendiconti. 1° Semes- 



tre, Vol. VI. Fasc. 4. 8vo. 1890. 

 American Philosophical Society — Proceedings, No. 130, Vol. XXVI. 8vo. 1889. 

 Aristotelian Society — Proceedings, Vol. I. No. 3, Part 1. 8vo. 1890. 

 Astronomical Society, lioyal — Monthly Notices, Vol. L. No. 5. 8vo. 1890. 

 Bankers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. XI. Part 4. 8vo. 1890. 

 Boston Society of Natural History — Proceedings, Vol. XXIV. Parts 1-2. 8vo. 



1889. 

 British Architects, Royal Institute of — Proceedings, 1889-00, No, 13. 4to. 

 Brymner, Douglas, Esq. (the Archivist) — Report on Canadian Archives, 1889. 



8vo. 1890, 

 Bucldon, George B. Esq. F.R.S. M.E.I, (the ^w^/ior)— Monograph of the British 



Cicadse or Tettigiidae, Part 2. 8vo. 1890. 

 Burdett-Coutts, A. L. B. Esq. M.P. M.R.I, (the Author)— The Pay System in 



Hospitals. 4to. 1888, 

 Chemical Industry, Society of — Journal, Vol. IX. No. 3. 4to. 1890. 

 Chemical Society — Journal for April, 1890. 8vo. 



Civil Engineers Institution — Minutes of Proceedings, Vol. XCIX. 8vo. 1890. 

 Cracovie, V Academic des Sciences — Bulletin, 1890, No. 3, 8vo, 

 Crisp, Frank, Esq. LL.B. F.L.S. &c. M.F.I. — Journal of the Royal Microscopical 



Society, 1^90, Part 2. 8vo. 



