482 General Monthly Meeting. [Feb. 4, 



Her late Majesty, remarked that Her Majesty had been for the 

 whole of her reign the Patron of this Institution. She had shown 

 her keen appreciation of the value of scientific study and research 

 by the honours she had conferred from time to time on those 

 who followed them. There was one signal act of kindness which 

 should be recorded in connection with this Institution, namely that 

 she gave to Professor Faraday rooms in Hampton Court Palace, 

 and that when he found himself unable to meet the expense of 

 necessary repairs she took it upon herself. Her husband and sons 

 had been frequent attendants at our Lectures, but perhaps the 

 highest debt of gratitude which scientific men owed to our late 

 Sovereign was that she had by her wisdom and skill secured them 

 through a prolonged reign the utmost freedom and tolerance of 

 thought and action, combined with complete order and stability of 

 government, a condition of things most favourable to the pursuit 

 of Science. He was sure that the Members of the Royal Institution 

 shared to the fullest extent the regard which the whole of her 

 people, from the lowest to the highest, had evinced to her memory. 



The following Resolution, passed by the Managers, was read : — 



Resolved, That the Managers of the Eoyal Institution desire to record their 

 sense of the loss sustained by the Institution in the decease of Mr. Basil Woodd 

 Smith, F.R.A.S. F.S.A. 



He became a Member of the Eoyal Institution in 1853, and was elected a 

 Visitor in 187(3, and a Manager in 1889. He always took a warm interest in 

 the welfare of the Institution, and for many years as Manager and Vice-Presi- 

 dent he rendered valuable assistance in the transaction of the business affairs 

 and concerns of the Institution. 



The Managers further desire to offer to the family the expression of the 

 most sincere sympathy with them in their bereavement. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FEOM 



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