434 General Monthly Meeting. [May 3, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, May 3, 1897. 



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

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Charles Elmer Southwell, Esq. 

 Mrs. Silvanus P. Thompson, 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh was re-elected Professor of 

 Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution. 



The Presents received since the last Me'^ting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



The Secretary of State for J?ztZia— Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. VL The 



Muhammadan Architecture of Bharoch, Cambay, Dholka Champanir and 



Gujarat. By J. Burgess. 1896. 4to. 

 The Governor-General of JnfZm— Geological Survey of India : Records, Vol. XXX. 



Part 1. 8vo. 1897. 

 The Meteorological Office— Ueport of the Meteorological Council to the Koyal 



Society. Svo. 1896. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e 



Naturali. Atti, Serie Quinta : Eendiconti. 1" Semestre, Vol. VI. Fasc. 6,7. 



Classe di Scienze Morali, etc. Serie Quinta, Vol. VI. Fasc. 1. 8vo. 1897. 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science — Proceedings, 45tli Meeting 



at Buffalo, N.Y. 1896. 8vo. 1897. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, New Series, Vol. XXII. 



Nos. 2-4. 8vo. ' 1896-97. 

 Memoirs. Vol. XII. Nos. 2, 3. 4to. 1896. 

 American Geographical Society— BuWetm, Vol. XXIX. No. 1. 8vo. 1897. 

 Asiatic Society, Royal — Journal for April, 1897. 8vo. 



Astronomical Society, Royal — Monthly Notices, Vol. LVII. No. 5. 8vo. 1897. 

 Bankers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. XVIII. Part 4. 8vo. 1897. 

 Birkett, John, Esq. F.R.C.S. M.R.I. — Des Ide'es Napoleoniennes. Par le Prince 



Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte. 8vo. 1839. 

 Boston Public Library— MowiXAy Bulletin, Vol. II. No. 4. 8vo. 1897. 

 Botanic Society, ii'oj/aZ— Quarterly Ptecord, Vol. VI. No. 68. 8vo. 1896. 

 Bouloqne-sur-mer, Chambre de Commerce — Woiks at the Port of Boulogne and 



Plans, fol. 1896. 

 British Architects, Royal Institute o/— Journal, 3rd Series, Vol. IV. Nos. 11, 12. 



4to. 1897. 

 British Astronomical Assorialion — Memoirs, Vol. VI. Part 2. 8vo. 1897. 



Journal. Vol. VII. No. 5. 8vo. 1897. 

 Camera C/it6— Journal for April, 1897. 8vo. 



Chemical Industry, Society o/"— Journal, Vol. XVI. No. 3. 8vo. 1897. 

 Chemical Society — Journal for March-April, 1897. 8vo. 



Proceedings, Index to Vol. XII. 8vo. 1897. 

 Cracovie, V Academic des Sciences— BnWet'm, 1897, No. 2. 8vo. 

 Cutter, Ephraim, Esq. LL.D. — Various Papers on Medical Subjects. 8vo. 1897. 



