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labour has been lightened, and the comforts of mind and body have 

 been made more accessible to the toiling multitude. In one word, 

 all real and lasting progress is based on the practical application of 

 scientific knowledge. 



[A. 8.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 

 Monday, February 6, 1893. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Frederick Canton, Esq. M.R.C.S. 

 William Rolle Malcolm, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations : — 



Mrs. Bloomfield Moore £10 



Robert Wilson, Esq 50 



John Bell Sedgwick, Esq 50 



for carrying on investigations on Liquid Oxygen. 



The Managers reported, that they had reappointed Professor James 

 Dewar, M.A. L.L.D. F.R.S. as Fullerian Professor of Chemistry. 



The following Resolution from the Managers was read : — 



HodgJcin's Trust. 



" Having regard to the fact that the work of the Institution is 

 devoted to the attainment of truth, and thereby constitutes in itself 

 an investigation of the relations and co-relations existing between 

 man and his Creator," 



Resolved, " That the income of the fund be devoted to that work, 

 and that once in seven years a sum not exceeding 100 guineas be 

 paid to some person, to be selected by the Managers, for writing an 

 Essay showing how the work of this Institution has during the pre- 

 ceding period of seven years furthered the objects of the Trust." 



