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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December o, 190G. 



His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. D.C.Tk F.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Cyril James Davenport, Esq. 



George S. Hein, Esq. 



Sir Henry Kimber, Bart., M.P. 



Mrs. Robarts, 



Major Percy Alexander MacMahon, D.Sc. F.R.S. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Dr. M. M. 

 Bleekrode for his gift of a Portrait of the late Dr. R. Bleekrode, 

 Hon. Mem. R.I. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



W. DuDDELL, Esq., M.I.E.E. Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) 

 on Signalling to a Distance, from Primitive Man to Kadiotelegraphy. 

 On Dec. 27 {Thursday), Dec. 29, 1906 ; Jan. 1, 3, 5, 8, 1907. 



Professor Percy Gardner, Litt.D. F.S.A., Fellow of the British Academy. 

 Two Lectures on The Sculpture of Aegina in Relation to Recent Dis- 

 covery. On Tuesdays, Jan. 15, 22. 



Professor A. C. Seward, M.A. P.R.S., Professor of Botany, University of 

 Cambridge. Two Lectures on Survivals from the Past in the Plant World. 

 On Tuesdays, Jan. 29, Feb. 5. 



Professor William Stirling, M.D. LL.D. D.Sc, Fullerian Professor of 

 Physiology, R.I., Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor of Physiology, 

 Victoria University of Manchester. Six Lectures on The Visual Apparatus 

 OF Man and Animals. On Tuesdays, Feb. 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19. 



William Napier Shaw, Esq., M.A. LL.D. Sc.D. F.R.S. M.B.I., Director 

 of the Meteorological Office. Two Lectures on Recent Advances in the 

 Exploration of the Atmosphere. On Thursdays, Jan. 17, 24. 



Major Percy A. MacMahon, D.Sc. F.R.S. M.R.I., Deputy Warden of the 

 Standards. Two Lectures on Standards of Weights and Measures. On 

 Thursdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7. 



Professor W. W. Watts, M.A. M.Sc. F.R.S., Professor of Geology, Royal 

 College of Science. Two Lectures on (I.) The Building of Britain, (II.) 

 Recent Light on Ancient Physiographies. On Thursdays, Feb. 14, 21. 



Dr. W. Martin, Assistant-Director of the Royal Picture Gallery at the 

 Hague, and " Privatdocent " on Art at the University of Leiden. Two Lectures 

 on Old Dutch Painting and Painters. On Thursdays, Feb. 28, March 7. 



Caleb Williams Saleeby, M.D. F.R.S. E. Two Lectures on Biology and 

 Progress. On Thursdays, March 14, 21. 



Sir Alexander C. Mackenzie, Mus.Doc. D.C.L. LL.D. M.B.I. , Principal 

 of the Royal Academy of Music. Two Lectures on Latest Phases of Music. 

 On Saturdays, Jan. 19, 26. 



