•232 General Monthly Meeting [Feb. 4, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, February 4, 1918. 



Sir James Orichton-Brownb, Treasurer, in the Chair. 



J. Turner MacGregor-Morris, 

 Professor Paule Popoirc, 



were elected Members. 



The Managers reported : That Dr. Mond, under the Conveyance 

 and Deed of Trust of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the 

 Roval Institution, covenanted to pay to the Royal Institution before 

 the" year 1926, the sum of £62,000 as Endowment Fund. The 

 Trustees have in the most generous way anticipated the obligation 

 by eight years, and have transferred the sum of £66,500 in 5 % War 

 Stock to the Trustees (nominated by the Managers) of the Davy 

 Faraday Research Laboratory Endowment Fund. This will add 

 materially to the Income available for the purpose of promoting and 

 maintaining the efficiency of the Davy Faraday Research Laboi'atory, 

 in the Advancement of Original Research in Chemical and Physical 

 Science. 



The Secretary announced the decease of Sir John "Wolfe Barry, 

 on January 22, 1918. 



Resolved, That the Managers of the Royal Institution desire to record 

 their sense of the loss sustained by the Institution and the World of Science 

 by the decease of Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., Past President 

 of the Institution of Civil Engineers, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E. 



Sir John Wolfe Barry was a Member of the Royal Institution for thirty- 

 two years, and discharged the official duties of a ^Manager. He took an active 

 interest in the welfare of the Institution, and as a ^Manager rendered invaluable 

 service to the Institution. He was celebrated for many notable achievements 

 in Engineering, and served on a number of Royal Commissions. He was also 

 Joint Author of " Railways and Locomotives," in addition to other books. 



Resolved, That the Managers desire to express, on behalf of the ]Members 

 of the Royal Institution, their most sincere sympathy with Lady Barry and 

 the Family in their bereavement. 



