376 General Montlily Meeting. [March 1, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, March 1, 1886. 



Warren de la Rue, Esq. M.A. D.C.L. F.R.S. Manager and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



John Abercrombie, Sen. M.D. F.R.C.P. 



William Henry Barlow, Esq. F.R.S. M. Inst. C.E. 



Alfred Carpmael, Esq. 



Henry Doetsch, Esq, 



John Piggin Fearfield, Esq. 



R. Gent-Davis, Esq. M.P. 



John Hopkinson, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 



John Inglis, Esq. 



Major E. Cecil Johnson. 



Mrs. T. C. Leitch. 



Mrs. S. Joshua. 



George Palmer, Esq. 



Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttle worth, Bart. M.P. 



Silvauus P. Thompson, Esq. 



Sir William Thomson, D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Walter Tomlinson, Esq. M.A. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



At a Meeting of the Managers held this day, the Actonian Prize 

 of one hundred guineas was awarded to Professor G. G. Stokes, 

 Pres. R.S. for his lectures on Light, in conformity with the Acton 

 Endowment Trust Deed. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



The Secretary of State for India — Keport on Public Instruction in Bengal, 1884-5. 



fol. 1885. 

 Ministry of Fuhlic Worhs, Rome — Giornale del Genio Civile, Serie Quarta, 



Vol. V. No. 12. 8vo. And Disegni. fol. 1885. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta : Eendiconti. Vol. II. 



Fasc. 1. 8vo. 1885-6. 

 Asfronomiccd Society, i?o?/aZ— Monthly Notices, Vol, XLVI. No. 3. 188G. 

 Hankers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. VII. Part 2. 8vo. 188G. 

 British Architects, Royal Institute o/— Proceedings, 1885-6, Nos. 8, 9. -Ito. 

 Chemical Society — Journal for Februaiy, 1886. 8vo. 

 Chief Signal Officer, United Slides ^r/»7/— Professional Pajicrs of the Signal 



Service, Nus. 16 and 18. 4 to. 1885. 



