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owe a very great debt of gratitude to Sir James Dewar for his generosity in 

 undertaking the improvement of the Lecture Room, and for the judgment 

 and taste with which it has been carried out. We must all have been 

 sensible that the appearance of the apartment was hardly worthy of the 

 Institution, of the great names with which it is associated, and of the 

 magnificent work which has been done in it. 



I am sure that it gives unbounded satisfaction to all the Members of the 

 Institution, and especially to those who have the privilege of Sir James's 

 friendship, to know that the decoration of the Lecture Room signalizes a longer 

 tenure of his office than that which has been enjoyed by any of his pre- 

 decessors, and one which has so signally redounded to the credit of the 

 Institution itself, and has been the means of promoting so many important 

 advances in Science. 



I have little doubt that whoever occupies the Chair on Monday will 

 express these ideas much more adequately than I can, but I cannot resist 

 saying so much on my own behalf. 



Pray convey to Sir James my hearty congratulations and entire sympathy 

 with the action the Managers propose to take, and my sincere wish that he 

 may long continue to hold the post which he has so long and so signally adorned. 



I am, dear Sir William, 



Yours sincerely, 

 (Signed) Nobthumbeeland. 

 SiE William Crookes, O.M. F.E.S., etc. 



and the following Resolution was passed unanimously : — 



Resolved, That the Managers offer their Special Thanks to the FuUerian 

 Professor of Chemistry for his munificent gift to the Institution in the 

 Decoration and Furnishing of the Lecture Room, and at the same time they 

 wish to express their high appreciation of the occasion upon which it has 

 been made, namely, in commemoration of his having, on October 23, 1911, 

 occupied the Chair of Chemistry as long as it was held by Faraday. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



P. Chalmbes Mitchell, Esq., M.A. LL.D. D.Sc. P.R.S., Secretary, 

 Zoological Society of London. Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) 

 on The Childhood of Animals. On Thursday, Dec. 28, Dec. 30, 1911 ; 

 Jan. 2, 4, 6, 9, 1912. 



William Bateson, Esq., M.A. F.E.S., Fullerian Professor of Physiology, 

 R.I. Six Lectures on The Study op Genetics. On Tuesdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30, 

 Feb. 6, 13, 20. 



Professoe Eenest G. Cokee, M.A. D.Sc. F.R.S.E. Two Lectures on 

 Optical Deteemination of Stress, and Some Applications to Engineeeing 

 Problems. On Tuesdays, Feb. 27, March 6. 



Thomas Rice Holmes, Esq., Litt.D Three Lectures on Ancient Britain. 

 On Tuesdays, March 12, 19, 26. 



Professor A. W. Bickeeton. Two Lectures on The New Astronomy. 

 On Thursdays, Jan. 18, 25 



Professor A M. Worthington, C.B. M.A. F.R.S. M.B.I. Two Lectures 

 on The Phenomena of Splashes. (Experiimntally Illustrated). On Thurs- 

 days, Feb. 1, 8. 



M. H. Spielmann, Esq., F.S.A. M.R.I. Two Lectures on The Portraiture 

 OF Shakespeare. On Thxirsdays, Feb. 15, 22. 



Professor Charles Oman, M.A. LL.D. F.S.A. Three Lectures on 

 Wellington's Army. On Thursdays, Feb. 29, March 7, 14. 



F. A. DiXEY, Esq., M.A. M.D. F.R.S. Two Lectures on Dimorphism in 

 Butterflies : (1) Seasonal Dimorphism ; (2) Sexual Dimorphism. On 

 Thursdays, Feb. 21, 28. 



