^O PKOCBED1NG8 OF THE 



His late ^Majesty's great work, in maintaining the peace of the 

 world, claimed in a special manner the gratitude of scientific men, 

 for Peace was the greatest scientific interest. .Science, like genius, 

 was of no country, and the maintenance of harmonious and 

 friendly relations between all those nations among whom science 

 was cultivated, was an essential condition for the advancement of 

 knowledge. 



The President then read from the Chair the following Loyal 

 Addresses, which had been prepared by the Officers, and approved 

 by the Council ; these were unanimously adopted, all present 

 risiuii from their seats : — 



Co ti)t icing's iBost ercellent iBaiestp. 



THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, 

 AND FELLOWS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



fKo£it ©rafiou^ Sobtrcign, 



We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the 

 President, Council, and Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 

 in Anniversary Meeting assembled, humbly beg leave to offer our 

 deepest and most heartfelt sympathy with Your Majesty in the 

 great sorrow which has befallen You in the death of Your beloved 

 Father, our late Sovereign Lord, King P]dwabd VII. Your 

 Majesty's loss is our loss also, and is felt not only throughout the 

 Empire over which His late Majesty ruled, but by the world 

 at large. 



While thus expi'essing our sorrow, we ask leave, Sire, at the 

 same time to tender to Your Majesty our unfeigned and heartfelt 

 congratulations upon Your Majesty's accession to the Throne of 

 Your Ancestors. 



The sympathetic interest, which Your Majesty has constantly 

 manifested in all that concerns the progress of Science, encourages 

 us to hope that Y'our Majesty will be graciously pleased to con- 

 tinue to our Corporate Body, that beneficent Patronage which it 

 has uninterruptedly enjoyed at the Hands of Your Majesty's 

 lioyal Predecessors since the granting of our Cliarter in 1802. 



That Your Majesty's Eeign over a loyal, grateful, and loving 

 people may be long and glorious, is our earnest wish and ardent 

 prayer. 



Given under the Common Seal of the Society, this twentv-fourth 

 day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten. 



DUKINFIELD H. SCOTT, President. 

 L. S. AKTHUK DEXDY, ] . ^ 



B. UAYDON JACKSOX, / '^'^''^^'"''^^ ■ 



* (Dr. Stapk being abroad co.iUl not sign tlie addresses.) 



