692 General 3Ionthly Meeting. [Dec. 5, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 

 Monday, December 5, 1892. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mrs. A. R. Binnie, 

 William Scott Fox, Esq. 

 Shrimant Sampatrao Gaikwad, 

 Lieut. Edmond Herbert Hills, R.E. 

 Mrs. Harry Jonas, 

 Nikola Tesla, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the fol- 

 lowing donation : — 



Ludwig Mond, Esq 200/. 



for carrying on investigations on Liquid Oxygen. 



The decease of Mr. Thomas G. Hodgkins, of Brambletye Farm, 

 Setauket, Long Island, New York, was announced. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Sir Robert Stawell Ball, M.A. LL.D. F.E.S. Lowndean Professor of 

 Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge. Six Lectures (adapted 

 to a Juvenile Auditory) on Astronomy. On Dec. 27 (Tuesday), Dec. 29, 31, 1892 ; 

 Jan. 3, 5, 7, 1893. 



Professor Victor Horsley, F.K.S. F.R.C.S. 31. R.I. Fullerian Professor 

 of Physiology, E.I. Ten Lectures on The STRrcTUEE and Functions of the 

 Nervous System — The Functions of the Cerebellum, and the Elementary 

 Principles of Psycho-Physiology. On Tuesdays, Jan. 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 

 28, March 7, 14, 21. 



The Rev. Canon Ainger, M.A. LL.D. Three Lectures on Tennyson. On 

 Thursdays, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2. 



Professor Patrick Geddes. Four Lectures on The Factors of Organic 

 Evolution. On Thursdays, Feb. 9, 16, 23, March 2. 



The Rev. Augustus Jessopp, D.D. Three Lectures on The Great Revival 

 — A Study in Medieval History. On Tliursdays, March 9, 16, 23. 



Professor C. Hubert H. Parry, Mus. Doc. M.A. Professor of Musical History 

 and Composition at the Royal College of Music. Four Lectures on Expression 

 and Design in Music (with Musical Illustrations). On Saturdays, Jan. 21, 28, 

 Feb. 4, 11. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. M.K.I. Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Philosophy, R.I. Six Lectures on Sound and Vibrations. 

 On Saturdays, Feb. 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25. 



The Presen^ts received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



TEOM 

 The Secretary of State for India— Gieat Trigonometrical Survey of India, Vols. 



XXV.-XXVL 4to. 1891-92. 

 The New Zealand Government— The New Zealand Oflfieial Handbook for 1892. 8vo. 



