412 General Monthly Meeting. [May 7, 



GENEEAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 7th, 1900. 



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

 in the Chair. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Beale, 



Ernest Callard, Esq. 



Edward J. Duveen, Esq. 



Ernest Pearson, Esq. 



Lord Russell of Killowen, G.C.M.G. LL.D. 



Jules Alphonse Thierry, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The special thanks of the Members were returned to Professor 

 F. Clowes for his donation of £20 to the Fund for the Promotion of 

 Experimental Research at Low Temperatures. 



His Grace the President announced that he had nominated the 

 following Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year : Sir F. Bramwell, 

 The Right Hon. Lord Lister, Dr. Ludwig Mond, Sir A. Noble, Mr. 

 A. Siemens, Hon. Sir J. Stirling, Sir J. Crichton-Browne, Treasurer, 

 and Sir W. Crookes, Hon. Secretary. 



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 — Greenwich Observations for 1897. 4to. 1899. 

 Cape Catalogue of 3007 Stars, Equinox 1890, 1885-1895. 4to. 1890. 

 Cape Catalogue of 2798 Zodiacal Stars, Epoch 1900. 8vo. 1899. 

 Cape Observatory Annals, Vol. II. Part 2. (Reference Catalogue of Southern 

 Double Stars by R. T. A. Innes.) 4to. 1899. 

 The Secretary of State for India — A List of Photographic Negatives of Indian 

 Antiquities in the Collection of the Indian Museum and the India Office. 

 8vo. 1900. 

 General Report on Public Instruction in Bengal for 1898-99. 8vo. 1899. 

 Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey of Western India for year ending 



June, 1899. fol. 

 Geological Survev of India : Palaaontologia Indica, Ser. XV. Vol. I. Part 2 ; 

 New Series, Vol. 1. Nos. 1, 2. 4to. 1899. 

 Arcademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Classe di Scienze Fisiche. Matematiche e 

 Naturali. Atti, Serie Quinta: Rendiconti. 1° Semestre, Vol. IX. Fasc. 7. 

 8vo. 1900. 

 Agricultural Society of England. Royal — Journal, Vol. XI. Part 1. 8vo. 1900. 

 Antiquaries, Society of— Proceedings, Vol. XVII. No. 2. 8vo. 1900. 

 Archaaologia, Vol. LVI. Part 2. 4to. 1S99. 



