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Annual Meeting. 



[May 1, 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



Tuesday, May 1, 1900. 



Sib James Criohton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.E.S., 

 Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1899, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted, and the Report on the Davy 

 Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution, which accom- 

 panied it, was also read. 



Sixty-three new Members were elected in 1899. 



Sixty Lectures, Seventeen Evening Discourses and two Centenary 

 Commemoration Lectures were delivered in 1899. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1899 amounted to about 

 280 volumes, making, with 672 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 952 volumes added to the 

 Library in the year. 



Thanks were voted to the President, Treasurer, and the Honorary 

 Secretary, to the Committees of Managers and Visitors, and to the 

 Professors, for their valuable services to the Institution during the 

 past year. 



The following Gentlemen were unanimously elected as Officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



President — The Duke of Northumberland, E.G. F.S.A. 

 Treasurer — Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Secretary — Sir William Crookes, F.R.S. 



Managers. 



Sir Frederick Abel, Bart. K.C.B. D.C.L. LL.D. 



F.R.S. 

 Sir Frederick Bramwell, Bart. D.C.L. LL.D. 



F.R.S. M.Inst.C.E. 

 Thomas Buzzard, M.D. F.R.C.P. 

 Sir William James Farrer, M.A. F.S.A. 

 Hugh Leonard, Esq. F.S.A. M.Inst.C.E. 

 The Right Hon. Lord Lister, M.D. D.C.L. 



LL.D. Pres.R.S. F.R.C.S. 

 Frank McClean, Esq. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. 



F.R.A.S. 

 Raphael Meldola, Esq. F.R.S. F.R.A.S. 

 I.udwig Mond, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B. F.R.S. M.Inst.C.E. 

 Alexander Siemens, Esq. M.Inst.C.E. 

 Basil Woodd Smith, Esq. F.R.A.S. F.S.A. 

 William Hugh Spottiswoode, Esq. F.C.S. 

 The Hon. Sir James Stirling, M.A. LL.D. 

 Sir Henry Thompson, Bart. F.R.C.S. F.R.A.S. 



Visitors. 



Charles Edward Beevor, M.D. F.R.C.P. 



William Henry Bennett, Esq. F.R.C.S. 



W. A. B. Burdett-Coutts, Esq. M.P. M.A. 



Joseph G. Gordon, Esq. F.C.S. 



Maures Horner, Esq. J.P. F.R.A.S. 



Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Mus.Doc. 



Henry Francis Makins, Esq. F.R.G.S. 



Carl Edward Melchers, Esq. 



John Callander Ross, Esq. 



William James Russell, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S. 



Alan A. Campbell Swinton, Esq. M.Inst.C.E. 



Sir James Vaughan, B.A. J.P. 



John Jewell Vezey, Esq. F.R.M.S. 



Colonel H. Watkin, C.B. R.A. 



James Wimshurst, Esq. F.R.S. 



