468 General Monthly Meeting. [May 3, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 3, 1886. 



William Huggins, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. Manager, in the Chair, 



William Henry Allen, Esq. 



Mrs. George Baden Crawley, 



William James Farrer, Esq. 



Alexander Gray, Esq. 



John Kudd Leeson, M.D. F.G.S. 



George John Eomanes, Esq. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Arthur William Eiicker, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 



Lewis Richard Shorter, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



John Tyndall, Esq. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. was re-elected Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Philosophy. 



The Managers reported that they received the following letter 

 from Mr. George Busk, the late Treasurer of the Royal Institution : — 



"32, Harley Street, 



" February 2Uh, 1886. 



" Dear Sir Frederick, 



" I much regret that I shall not be able to attend the Committee this 

 " afternoon, and as 1 fear from the state of my healtli that I shall very probably 

 *' not be equal to attending any meetings at the Koyal Institution in future, I 

 " should be obliged if you would be good enough to lay my resignation of the 

 " Office of Treasurer, with which I have been honoured for so many years, before 

 " the meeting of Managers on Monday next. I have further to beg that you will 

 " assure the Managers' that I do this with tlie greatest regret and from the fullest 

 "conviction that it is for the best interests of the Royal Institution. 



" Believe me, yours truly, 



*<Geo. Busk. 

 " Sir Frederick Bramwell, F.R.S." 



The Managers further reported that at their meeting on April 5th 

 last it was Resolved, " That Mr. Busk be informed that the Com- 

 mittee of Managers desire to express their very sincere regret that 

 the state of his health should have rendered it necessary for him to 

 resign an office which he has filled for so many years with advantage 

 to the Institution and at a considerable sacrifice of time and labour 

 to himself, and that they cannot accept his resignation without 

 exi)ressing their sense of the value of his past services and support 

 to the Institution, aud their very sincere hope that he may experience 

 improved health in the future." 



