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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING,* 



Monday, February 5, 1900. 



Sik James Crichton-Browne, M.D. F.R.S., Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Hon. Evelyn Ellis, 

 The Hon. Everard Feilding, LL.B. 

 The Hon. Francis Bobert Henley, 

 Cecil Elsdale Newton, Esq. 

 The Hon. Richard Oliver, 



were elected Members of the Boyal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Mr. Charles 

 Hawksley for his Donation of £100, to Dr. Frank McClean for his 

 Donation of £25, and to Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B., for his Donation 

 of £100 to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Research 

 at Low Temperatures. 



The Chairman reported the decease of Professor David Edward 

 Hughes, F.R.S., a Manager of the Boyal Institution, on the 22nd of 

 January last. The following Resolution was submitted : — 



Resolved : — That the Managers desire to express to Mrs. Hughes their heart- 

 felt sympathy in her sad bereavement, and the deep regret of the Mauagers in 

 losing, by the death of Professor Hughes, a most valued Colleague. 



Professor Hughes became a Member of the Royal Institution in 1882. He 

 delivered a Discourse on 'Theory of Magnetism ' (illustrated by experiments) on 

 February 8th, 1884. As a Manager and Vice-President he has rendered impor- 

 tant services to the Institution, and his scientific researches, which have received 

 world-wide recognition, have done much to promote the objects of the Institution. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



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