1899.]i General Monthly Meeting. 223 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, November 6, 1899. 



His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. President, 

 in the Chair. 



H.H. The Thakore Sahib of Gondal, D.C.L. LL.D. 



Geoffrey Foster Barrett, Esq. 



John B. Broun-Morison, Esq., F.S.A. 



A. Henry Savage Landor, Esq. 



Thomas Cunningham Porter, Esq., M.A. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to " A Lady 

 Member" for her donation of £100, and to Mr. George Matthey, 

 F.R.S. for his donation of £100 to the Fund for the Promotion of 

 Experimental Research at Low Temperatures. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Miss Elinor 

 Busk and Miss Frances Busk, for a Portrait of Mr. George Busk, 

 F.R.S., Treasurer of the Royal Institution from 1873 to 1886. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



The Lords of the Admiralty — Report of Cape Observatory for 1898. fol. 1899. 



Independent Day Numbers for 1901 at Cape Observatory. 8vo. 1898. 

 The Governor-General of India — General Eeport on Work of Geological Survey 



of India, 1898-99. 8vo. 1899. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia — Proceedings, 1899, Part 1. 8vo. 



1899. 

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



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



11, 12; 2° Semestre, Vol. VIII. Fasc. 1-7. 8vo. 1899. 

 Agricultural Society, Boyal—Jomnal, Vol. X. Parts 2, 3. 8vo. 1899. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XXXIV. Nos. 18-23. 



8vo. 1899. 

 American Geographical Society — Bulletin, Vol. XXXI. No. 3. 8vo. 1899. 

 American Philosophical Society — Proceedings, No. 159. 8vo. 1899. 

 Anonymous — Reply to the so-called Criticism and Analysis of Professor Mcintosh 



on Trawling and Trawling Investigations. 8vo. 1899, 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal — Journal, Vol. LXVIII. Part 1, No. 1, extra No. 1 and 



Plates; Part 2, No. 1 ; Part 3, No. 1. 8vo. 1899. 

 Proceedings, 1899, Nos. 4-7. 8vo. 



