786 General Monthly Meeting [J^^ly 7, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, Jiilv 7, 1913. 



Sir James Crichton-Broavne, J.P. M.D. LL.D. D.Sc. F.E.S., 



Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Ernest Rutherford, Esq., D.Sc. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 was elected a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The Chairman reported the decease of Her Grace The Duchess 

 of Northumberland on July 6, 1913, and the following Resolution 

 was passed unanimously, all present standing : — 



Resolved, That the Managers and Members of the Eoyal Institution of 

 Great Britain, at the General Meeting this day, desire to record their sincere 

 sympathy and condolence with His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, 

 President of the Royal Institution, and with the House of Percy, on the 

 of Her Grace The Duchess of Northumberland. 



The Managers reported that they had received a sum of £150 

 being part of the Legacy of the late Mr. C. E. Layton. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FEOM 



The Secretary of State for India — Memoirs of Dei^artment of Agriculture : 

 Botanical Series, Vol. V. Nos. 4-5, Vol. VI. No. 1 ; Chemical Series, Vol. 

 III. No. 1. 8vo. 1913. 

 Report on Agriculture, 1911-12. 8vo. 1913. 



Astronomer Royal— Report to the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory. 

 8vo. 1913. 



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

 di Scienze Fisiche, Mathematiche e Naturali. Vol. XXII. 1- Semestre, 

 Fasc. 9-11. Bvo. 1913. 



American Geographical Society— BuRetin, Vol. XLV. No. 6. Bvo. 1913. 



Astronomical Society, Royal— Monthly Notices, Vol. LXXIII. No. 7. Bvo. 

 1913. 



Backer, H. J., Esq. {the Author) — Physische Kenmerken voor de structuur van 

 Organische Verbindingen. Bvo. 1918. 



British Architects, Royal Institute o/— Journal, Third Series, Vol. XX. Nos. 

 15-16. 4to. 1913. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science— Report of the Eighty- 

 second Meeting (Dundee), 1912. Bvo. 1913. 



British Astronomical Association— ^ovLiml, Vol. XXIII. No. B. Bvo. 1913. 

 Memoirs, Vol. XIX. Part 3. Bvo. 1913. 



Cambridge Philosophical Sociei?/— Transactions, Vol. XXII. No. 2. 4to. 1913. 



Cambridge University I/iirari/— Report of the Library Syndicate, 1912. Bvo. 



Canada, Department of Mines— MineTsl'BTodiViCtion, 1911. Bvo. 1913. 



Magnetic Iron Sands. By G. C. Mackenzie. Bvo. 1912. 

 Chemical Industry, Society o/— Journal, Vol. XXXII. Nos. 10-12. Bvo. 1913 



