28 General Monthly Meeting. [Feb. 6^ 



Moscow 11, XII., 10. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to inform you that I have received your com- 

 munication that the Royal Institution of Great Britain has conferred on me 

 the highest dignity in electing me an Honorary Member of the Institution. 



Would you be so kind to transmit to the Royal Institution my sincerest 

 acknowledgment of this high honour ? 



I am, Sir, 

 Your very obedient servant, 



Petee Lebedew. 



Rome, 

 Translation. December 15th, 1910. 



Illustrious Sir, — The information conveyed to me by your kind letter 

 of December 5th last has caused me extreme gratification, since I appreciate 

 and understand the high honour which has been conferred on me by my 

 election as a member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 



Reserving my thanks to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland until I 

 shall have received the diploma, I beg you meanwhile to accept my heartiest 

 thanks on your own behalf and on behalf of the eminent members of the 

 august body. 



With perfect esteem, I have the honour to be, 



Your most devoted servant, 



E. Paterno. 



Trarislation. 

 Sir, — On my return from my travels I found the letter telling me that I 

 had been admitted as an Honorary Member to the Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain. I cannot teU you how flattered I feel at this honour shown to me, 

 and I ask you to express my gratitude to your colleagues. 



Yours most faithfully, 



poincare, 



National Geographic Society, 



Washington, D.C. 



December 17, 1910. 

 Dear Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 

 December 5th addressed to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, informing him of his 

 election as an Honorary Member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 



Dr. Graham Bell is at present in China and wiU not return to the United 

 States until about May 1st, when I am sure he will be very much gratified 

 to learn of the honor the Royal Institution has conferred upon him. 



Y'ours very truly, 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor. 



The Peesents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



Admiralty, Lord Commisioners o/— Greenwich Observations, 1908. 4to. 1910. 



Greenwich Photo-Heliographic Results, 1907-8. 4to. 1910. 

 The Secretary of State for India — Geological Survey : Records, Vol. XL. Part 3. 

 1910. 

 Memoirs of Department of Agriculture, Botanical Series, Vol. III. No. 6. 



8vo. 1910. 

 Report of Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. 8vo. 1910. 

 British Museum Trustees— Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, Vols. I.-II. 

 8vo. 1908-10. 



