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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 6, 1912. 



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

 President, in the Chair. 



The Honorary Secretary announced that His Grace the President 

 had nominated the following gentlemen as Vice-Presidents for the 

 ensuing year : — 



The Right Hon. Lord Avebury, P.O. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 



The Right Hon. The Earl of Halsbury, P.C. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Donald W. C. Hood, Esq., C.V.O. M.D. 



Sir Francis Laking, Bart., G.C.V.O. M.D. LL.D. 



Henry F. Makins,"Bsq., F.R.G.S. 



Alexander Siemens, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, J.P. M.D. LL.D. D.Sc. F.R.S. 

 (Treasurer), 



Sir William Crookes, O.M. D.Sc. F.R.S. (Honorary Secretary). 



Victor Blagden, Esq. 

 W. A. Harris, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, O.M. P.C. MA. D.C.L. LL.D. 

 F.R.S., was re-elected Honorary Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M. M.A. LL.D. D.Sc. F.R.S., was re-elected 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy. 



The Honorary Secretary reported. That the Managers, at their 

 Meeting held this day, had re-appointed Sir James Dewar, M.A. D.Sc. 

 LL.D. F.R.S., Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, for a period of three 

 years. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FBOM 



The Secretary of State for India — Agricultural Journal, Vol. VII. Part 1. 8vo. 

 1912. 

 Memoirs of Department of Agriculture : Chemical Series, Vol. II. No. 3. 



8vo. 1912. 

 Report on Public Instruction in Bengal, 1910-11. 4to. 1911. 

 Geological Survey :' Memoirs, Vol. XXXVI. Part 3. 8vo. 1912. 

 Records, Vol. XLI. Part 4. Bvo. 1912. 

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

 di Scienze Fisiche, Mathematiche e Naturali. Vol. XXI. 1° Semestre, 

 Fasc. 6-7. Bvo. 1912. 

 Agricultural Society, Eoj/ai— Journal, Vol. LXXII. 8vo. 1911. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XL VII. Nos. 13-15. 



8vo. 1912. 

 American Geographical Society — Bulletin, Vol. XLIV. No. 3. 8vo. 1912. 



