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GENEEAL MONTHLY MEETING, 

 Monday, March 6, 1893. 



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

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Harold A. Des Vceux, M.D. M.R.C.S. 



Alfred Spalding Harvey, Esq. B.A. 



Louis Makower, Esq. 



William Marcet, M.D. F.R.S. 



Alfred Mond, Esq. 



Mrs. F. W. Mott, 



Leslie Pyke, Esq. F.C.S. 



Lucas Ralli, Esq. 



Mrs. A. Ruffer, 



F. Walter Scott, Esq. 



Claude Vautin, Esq. 



Miss Laura A. W T ebster, 



Rev. W. Allen Whitworth, M.A. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Arrangements for the Lectures after Easter were 

 announced : — 



John Macdonell, Esq. LL.D.— Three Lectures on Symbolism in Ceremonies, 

 Customs, and Art ; on Tuesdays, April 11, 18, 25. 



Frofessor R. K. Douglas. — Three Lectures on Modern Society in China ; 

 on Tuesdays, May 2, 9, 16. 



E. L. S. Horsburgh, Esq. M.A. — Three Lectures on Napoleon ; on Tuesdays, 

 May 23, 30, June 6. 



Professor Dewar, M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. M.B.I. — Five Lectures on The 

 Atmosphere ; on Thursdays, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11. 



R. Bowdler Sharpe, Esq. LL.D. — Four Lectures on The Geographical 

 Distribution of Birds ; on Thursdays, May 18, 25, June 1, 8. 



James Swinburne, Esq. M. Inst. BE. — Three Lectures on Some Applications 

 of Electricity to Chemistry (The Tyndall Lectures) ; on Saturdays, April 15, 

 22, 29. 



Henry Craik, Esq. C.B. LL.D. — Three Lectures on I. Johnson and Milton ; 

 II. Johnson and Swift ; III. Johnson and Wesley ; on Saturdays, May 6, 13, 20. 



A. C. Mackenzie, Esq. Mus. Doc. — Three Lectures on " Falstaff." A Lyric 

 Comedy, by Boito and Verdi ; on Saturdays, May 27, June 3, 10. 



The Managers reported that in accordance with the Acton Endow- 

 ment Trust Deed they had awarded the Actonian Prize of one hundred 

 guineas to Miss Agnes M. Clerke for her works on " Astronomy," as 

 " illustrative of the Wisdom and Beneficence of the Almighty." 



