220 General Monthly Meeting. [July 3, 



"Les deux Universites de Cambridge et d'Oxford ont temoigne' a nos 

 confreres leur sentiments d'estime et confraternite' scientifiques en leur conferant 

 des titres de docteur honoraire. 



" Nous rapportons done de notre sejour parmi les savants anglais non seule- 

 ment l'impression de la plus eordiale hospitalite, mais encore une veritable 

 admiration pour la maniere dont ils cultivent et honorent la science. L'histoire 

 de ces Universites, et particulierement celle de l'lnstitution Royale de la Grande- 

 Bretagne, offre un example bien instructif : on voit par quelle me'thode une 

 nation, jalouse de s'e'lever au premier rang du progres scientiflque, d'encourager 

 les recherches e'leve'es et d'en faire comprendre les applications, parvient au but 

 qu'elle s'est propose. 



" Elle choisit a chaque e'poque les savants les plus illustres, leur donne a la 

 fois l'independauce et les moyens materiels sans lesquels aujourd'hui on ne 

 saurait re'aliser de grandes de'eouvertes. 



" II y a la un sujet de meditations et d'e'tudes pour ceux qui ont l'honneur de 

 dirigcr le mouvement scientiflque et qui s'efforcent de maintenir notre pays au 

 rang el eve que ses traditions lui imposent." 



The Managers also reported that the Centenary Celebrations had 

 not affected the pecuniary resources of the Eoyal Institution, as all 

 expenses in connection therewith had been defrayed by private con- 

 tributions. A balance remaining over of the sums contributed, 

 amounting to £87, has been paid over to the Fund for the Promotion 

 of Experimental Eesearch. 



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— The Mogbul Architecture of Fatbpur-Sikri. 



By E. W. Smith. 4to. 1898. 

 The Lords of the Admiralty — Report of the Astronomer Royal to Board of 



Visitors, 1899. 4to. 

 The Meteorological Office— Hourly Means for ] 895. 4 to. 1899. 

 The British Museum Trustees — Antiquities from the City of Benin. By C. H. 



Read, fob 1899. 

 Facsimiles from Royal, etc. Autographs. Edited by G. F. Warner, fol. 1898. 

 Catalogue of Bronzes. By H. B. Walters. 8vo. 1S99. 

 Catalogue of Greek Coins. By W. Wroth. 8vo. 1899. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Beale, Roma — Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e 



Naturali. Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendicouti. 1 Semestre, Vol. VIII. Fasc. 



10. 8vo. 1899. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XXXIV. Nos. 15-17. 



8vo. 1899. ■ 

 Astronomical Society, Eoyal — Monthly Notices, Vol. LIX. No. 8. 8vo. 1899. 

 Bankers, Institute of— Journal, Vol. XX. Part 6. 8vo. 1899. 

 Bodon Society of Medical Sciences— Journal, April and May, 1899. 8vo. 

 British Astronomical Association — Journal, Vol. IX. No. 7. 8vo. 1899. 

 Brough, B. H. Esq. {the Author) — The Jubilee of the Austrian Society of 



Engineers. 8vo. 1899. 

 Brymntr, Douglas, Esq. (the Archivist) — Report on Canadian Archives, 1898. 8vo. 



1899. 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society — Proceedings, Vol. X. Part 2. 8vo. 1899. 



Transactions, Vol. XVII. Parts 3, 4. 8vo. 1899. 

 Camera Club — Journal for June, 1899. 8vo. 

 Canada, Meteorological Service — Report of the Meteorological Service of Canada 



for 1896. 2 vols. 4to. 1898. 

 Chemical Industry, Society of— Journal, Vol. XVIII. No. 5. 8vo. 1899. 



