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Annual Meeting 



[May 1, 



ANNUAL MEETING, 

 Monday, May 1, 1916. 



The Duke of ^'^orthumberlaxd, K.G. P.O. D.C.L. LL.D. F.R.S., 



President, in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1915, testifying to the continued prosperity and efficient management 

 of the Institution, was read and adopted. 



Fifteen new Members were elected in 1915. 



Sixty-two Lectures and Nineteen Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1915. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 1915 amonnted to about 

 276 volumes, making, with 527 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 803 volumes added to the 

 Library in the year. 



Thanks were voted to the President, Treasurer and the 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, K.G. P.C. D.C.L. 



LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Treasurer — Sir James Crichton-Brow^ne, M.D. liL.D. D.Sc. 



F.R.S. 

 Secretary— Colonel E. H. Hills, C.M.G. R.E. D.Sc. F.R.S. 



Managers. 



Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart, K.C.V.O. 



M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir William Phipson Beale, Bart., 



K.C. M.P. 

 Horace T. Brown, LL.D. F.R.S. 

 Sir James Mackenzie Davidson, 



M.B.C.M. 

 Field Marshal The Right Hon. Lord 



Grenfell, G.C.B. G. C.M.G. 

 Charles Hawksley, M.Inst.C.E. 

 Colonel Sir Frederic Nathan, R.A. 

 The Hon. Richard Clere Parsons, 



M.A. M.Inst.C.E. 



Sir James Reid, Bart., G.C V.O. 



K.C.B. M.D. LL.D. 

 Sir Napier Shaw, LL.D. Sc.D. F.R.S. 

 Alexander Siemens, INI.Inst.C.E. 



M.I.E.E. 

 Silvanus P. Thompson, D.Sc. LL.D. 



F.R.S. 

 The Right Hon. Lord Wronhury, P.C. 



M.A. 

 Sir Alfred F. Yarrow, Bart., 



M.Inst.C.E, 

 The Hon. Sir Robert Younger. 



