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in the decease of Professor E. Mascart, D.Sc. Hon.F.R.S., Membre de I'lnstitut, 

 Grand Of&cier de la Legion d'honneur, one of the most distinguished Honorary 

 Members of the Royal Institution. 



In May 1884, Professor Mascart delivered a Friday Evening Discourse on 

 " Colours," and on the occasion of the Faraday Centenary in 1891 he was 

 elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Institution, and attended on that 

 occasion to have the honour conferred upon him. 



The Managers desire to offer, on behalf of the Members of the Royal Insti- 

 tution, the expression of their most sincere sympathy with Madame Mascart 

 and the family in their bereavement. 



Resolved, The Managers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain desire to 

 record their sense of the loss the scientific world has sustained in the decease 

 of Professor Henri Becquerel, D.C.L. LL.D. Ph.D. Sc.D. Hon.F.R.S. 

 Hon.F.C.S., Membre de I'lnstitut, Secretaire perpetuel de FAcademie des 

 Sciences, Paris, Officier de la Legion d'honneur, and one of the most dis- 

 tinguished Honorary Members of the Royal Institution. 



Professor Becquerel was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Institu- 

 tion on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations in 1899. In March 1902, 

 he delivered a Friday Evening Discourse on " La Radio-activite de la Matiere," 

 describing investigations on bis great discovery of the Becquerel Rays. 



The Managers desire to offer, on behalf of the Members of the Royal Insti- 

 tution, the expression of their most sincere sympathy with Madame Becquerel 

 and the family in their bereavement. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



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The Secretary of State for India — Memoirs of Department of Agriculture : 



Entomological Series, Vol. II. Nos. 2-6. 8vo. 1908. 

 Agricultural Journal of India, Vol. III. Parts 2-3. 8vo. 1908. 

 Geological Survey : Records, Vol. XXXVI. Part 3. 8vo. 1908. 

 Report of Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Burma. Ito. 1908. 

 Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet. By S. G. 



Burrard and H. H. Hayden. Parts 1-3. 4to. 1907. 

 Varieties of Wheat Grown in Central Provinces and Berar. By G. Evans. 



Svo. 1908. 

 Progress of Education in Bengal, 1902-3, 1906-7. Supplement, 1902-7. 4to. 



1907-8. 

 Report on Madras Government Museum and Connemara Public Library, 



1907-8. 4to. 

 Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletin, No. XIII. 4to. 1908. 

 Report of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the years 1905-6 and 



1906-7. 8vo. 1908. 

 Annual Report of the Board of Scientific Advice, 1906-7. 8vo. 1908. 

 The Secretary of State for the Colonies — The Depavamsa and jNIahavamsa. By 



W. Geiger. 8vo. 1908. 

 Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya. 4to. 1908. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Boma — Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e 



Naturali. Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. Vol. XVII. l'^ Semestre, Fasc. 



12 ; 2"^ Semestre, Fasc. 1-7. Classe di Scienze Morali, Serie Quinta, Vol. 



XVII. Fasc. 1-3. 8vo. 1908. 

 Elenco Bibliografico delle Accademie, Societa. 8vo. 1908. 

 American Academy of Ai-ts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XLIII. Nos. 17-22. 



Svo. 1908. 

 Memoirs, Vol. XIII. No. 6. 4to. 1908. 

 American Geograj^hical Society — Bulletin, Vol. XL. Nos. 6-9. Svo. 1908. 



