1012] ofi the Total Eclipse of the Sun, April 1911. 3fil 



In concladinj; this account I should like to place on record 

 in this Institution the fine way in which the volunteer observers of 

 my party worked under sometimes very trying circumstances ; the 

 magnificent assistiince rendered by the Captain, officers and men of 

 It. M.S. " Encounter " ; the great liberality of the Orient Steam 

 Navigation Company in again transporting out and home all our 

 instruments, baggaire, etc., free of charge ; and lastly, the assistance 

 of many individuals who at various stages of our journey made matters 

 as easy as possible for us. 



[W. J. S. L.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, March 4, 1912. 



His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. D.C.L. F.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Douglas Heriot Baird, Esq. 

 Miss Anne E. A. Baker, 

 Commander Virgoe Buckland, R.N.R. 

 William Thomas Burgess, Esq., F.I.C. 

 Andrew Jameson Matthews Duncan, Esq. 

 Hardman Arthur Earle, Esq., M.Inst.M.E. M.Inst.E.E. 

 Miss Cicely H. Farmer, 

 Percy G. C. Forster, Esq. 

 John Allen Harker, Esq., D.Sc. F.R.S. 

 The Hon. Sir Charles Montagu Lush, K.C. 

 Mrs. Therese Said-Ruete, 

 C. F. Smith, Esq. 

 Miss Catherine M. Stainton, 

 W. A. Tait, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. F.R.S.E. 

 Basil T. Timotheieff, Esq., B.D. M.I.A.I. 

 were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to J. C. 

 Simpson, Esq., for presenting to the Institution the following original 

 letter from Mr. G. Riebau, the Bookbinder to whom Faraday was 

 apprenticed : — 



Copy. 

 Sib, 



I trust the following may be of some service to your numerous readers 

 particular the younger class to inspire them with emulation, as it points out 

 the reward of industry, unexpected by the Object itself. 



