1911] General Monthly Meetinf/. 245 



the distinguished chemists who laid the foundations of many investigations 

 in Thermal Chemistry. Professor Troost was the^ author of numerous inde- 

 pendent papers and the well-known work "Traits E16mentaire de Chimie." 



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

 Institution, the expression of their most sincere sympathy with the family in 

 their bereavement. 



Resolved, That the ]\Ianagers of the Royal Institution desire to record their 

 sense of the loss sustained by the Institution and the Scientific World in the 

 decease of their Honorary Member, Professor G. L. Van der Mensbrugghe, 

 D.Sc, Emeritus Professor and Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, 

 Commander of the Order of Leopold, and an Honorary Member of the Royal 

 Institution since 1899. 



Professor Mensbrugghe carried on for many years brilliant researches on 

 liquids, in continuation of the work of Plateau, whose daughter he married. 

 On the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the Royal Institution 

 he was present, and he afterwards reported a description to appear in the 

 Belgian Academy Transactions. 



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

 Institution, the expression of their most sincere sympathy with 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. : — 



The Secretary of State for J»dia— Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletin, No. XXIV. 

 4to. 1911. 

 Report on Government Museum and Connemara Library, 1910-11. 4to. 



1911. 

 I\Iemoirs of Department of Agriculture : Botanical Series, Vol. IV. No. 2. 



Chemical Series, Vol I. No. 10, Vol. II. No. 1. 8vo. 1911. 

 Agricultural Journal of India, Vol. VI. Part 3. Svo. 1911. 

 Geological Survey : Records, Vol XLI. Part 2-3. Svo. 1911. 

 Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa : Bulletin Nos. 23-25. Svo. 1911. 

 Report on Public Instruction in Bengal, 1909-11. 4to. 1910. 

 Astronomer Royal, The — Greenwich Observations, 1909. 4to. 1911. 



Greenwich Photo-Heliographic Results, 1909. 4to, 1910. 

 British Museum Triistees- -Catalogue of African Fresh-water Fishes, Vol. II. 

 Svo. 1911. 

 Handbook of the Tsetse Flies. By C. A. Austen. Svo. 1911. 

 Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaense, Vol. X. and Plates. Svo. 1910-11. 

 Flora of Jamaica. By W. Fawcett and A. B. Rendle. Vol. I. Svo. 1910. 

 Monograph of British Lichens, Part 2. Svo. 1911. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. Classe 

 di Scienze Fisiche, Mathematiche e Natural!. Vol. XX. 1° Semestre, 

 Fasc. 10-12. 2° Semestre, Fasc. 1-7. Classe de Scienze Morali. 

 Vol. XX. Fasc. 1-4. Svo. 1911. 

 Rendiconti, 1911. Vol. II. 4to. 

 ^He3;i€?i2/ 06seri>ator7/ -Publications, Vol. II. Nos. 11-13. 4to. 1911. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XLVII. Nos. 1-7. 



Svo. 1911. 

 American Geographical Society— BnWeim, Vol. XLIII. No. 7-10. Svo. 1911. 

 American Philosophical Society— Proceedings, Vol. L. No. 199-201. Svo. 1911. 



Transactions, Vol. XXII. "Part 1. 4to. 1911. 

 Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Scie?tccs— Proceedings, Vol. XIII. Verslag, 

 Vol. XIX. Svo. 1910-11. 



