322 Annual MeetiiKj [May 1, 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



Tuesday, May 1, 19u6. 



The Duke of Northu3IBERLANd, K.Gr. D.C.L. F.R.S., President, 



in the chair. 



The Annual Report of the Committee of Visitors for the year 

 1905, 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 

 accompanied it, was also read. 



Forty-five new Members were elected in 1905. 



Sixty-three Lectures and Nineteen Evening Discourses were 

 delivered in 1905. 



The Books and Pamphlets presented in 19o5 amounted to about 

 254 volumes, making, with 697 volumes (including Periodicals bound) 

 purchased by the Managers, a total of 951 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, K.G. D.C.L. F.R.S. 



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



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



Managers. Managers — contiyiued. 



Sir William de W. Abney, K.C.B. D.C.L. Alexander Siemens, Esq. M.Inst.C.E. 



D.Sc. F.E.S. The Right Hon. Sir James Stirling, P.C. 



The Right Hon. Lord Alverstone, G.C.M.G. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. 



P.C. M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. 

 The Right Hon Earl Cathcart, D.L. J. P. 

 Arthur Herbert Church, Esq., M.A. D.Sc. 



F.R.S. 



Francis Elgar, Esq., LL.D. F.R.S. i Dugald Clerk, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. F.C.S 



M.Inst.C.E. \ Sir John George Craggs, M.V.O. 



Donald WilliamCharles Hood, M.D. C.V.O. ; Henry Cunynghame, Esq., C.B. M.A. 



F.R.C.P. George Frederick Deacon, Esq. LL.D. 



Maures Horner, Esq., J. P. F.R.A.S. j M.Inst.C.E. 



Sir William Huggins, O.M. K.C.B. D.C.L. Edward Dent, Esq., M.A. 



LL.D. F.R.S. Robert Kaye Gray, Esq., M.Inst.C.E. 



The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, O.M. The Rev. John Henrv Ellis, ]\I.A. 



G.C.V.O. P.C. D.C.L. LL.D. D.Sc. F.R.S. Charles Edward Groves, Esq. F.R.S. 



Henry Francis Makins, Esq., F.R.G.S. j Frederick G. Henriques, Esq. 



Ludwig Mond. Esq., Ph.D. F.R.S. Alexander lonides, Esq. 



Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bart. K.C. V.O. Carl E. Melchers, Esq. 



M.D. LL.D. Pres. R.C.P. Emile R. Merton, Esq. 



The Right Hon. Lord Sanderson, G.C.B. Harold Swithinbank, Esq., J.P. F.R.G.S. 



K.C.M.G. ' George Philip Willoughby, Esq., J.P. 



Visitors. 

 John Mitchell Bruce, Esq. M.A. M.D.LL.D. 



