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We venture to believe that the investigations carried on in the laboratories 

 of our Institution during the last sixty yt-ars, by its eminent Professors, have 

 resulted in discoveries which will make your reign memorable in the annals of 

 science, and we confidently anticipate that the addition recently made to the 

 resources of the Institution, l>y the generosity of one of your subjects, will greatly 

 enhance its public usefulness in the future. 



We fervently hope and pray that your Majesty will still, for many years to 

 come, reign over us and the vast and varied Empire tiiat is happily united under 

 your Sceptre, and that to-day, with one voice, offers you its grateful homage ; and 

 we look to a continuance of the gracious patronage, which you and tlie Eoyal 

 Family have so long bestowed on our Institution, as the best guarantee of its 

 prosperity and success." 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on tlie 

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



The Lords of the Admiralty — Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of 



Visitors, fol. 1897. 

 Report of Her Majestv's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope for 1897. 



4to. 1S97. 

 Independent Day-Numbers for 1897, as used at the Royal Observatory, Cape 



of Good Hope. 8vo. 1897. 

 The Secretary of State for India — Progress Report of the Archfeological Survey 



of Western India for Sept. 1895 to April 189(j. fol. 1896. 

 Palaeontologia Indica. Ser. XVI. Baluchistan and N.W. Frontier. Vol. I. 



Tlie Jurassic Fauna. Part 1, The Fauna of the Killaways of Mazar Drik. 



Bv F. Noetling. fol. 1895. 

 Men'ioirs, Vols. XXV. XXVI. 8vo. 1895-96. 

 Aecademia dei Lincei, Reale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quinta : Rendiconti. Classe di 



Scienze Morali, Vol. VI. Fasc. 2. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, etc. 1^ Semes- 



tre. Vol. VI. Fasc. 8-10. 8vo. 1897. 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences — Proceedings, Vol. XXXII. Nos. 5-9. 



8vo. 1897. 

 Armstrong, Lord, CB. F.R S. M.R.I, (the Author)— "El ecliic Movement in Air 



and Water, with Theoretical Inferences, fol. 1897. 

 Asiatic Societij of Bengtd-FroceeiMn^rs, 189G, Nos. 6-10. 8vo. 1896-97. 



Journal, Vol. LXV. Part 1, Nos. 3, 4; Part 2, Nos. 3, 4; Part 3. No. 1. 8vo. 



1896-97. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal— '^lov.thly Notices, Vol. LVII. No. 6. 8vo. 1897. 

 Banhers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. XVIIi. Part 5. 8vo. 1897. 

 Batavia, Magneticul and Meteoroloijical Observatory — Observations, Vol. XVIII. 



(1895). 4to. 1896. 

 Rainfall in tlie East Indian Archipelago (1895). 8vo. 1896. 

 Berlin, Koniglich Freusnsche Ahademie der Wissenschaften — Sitzungsberichte, 



1897. Nos. 1-25. 8vo. 

 Boston, U.S.A. Puhlic Library — Monthly Bulletin of Books added to the 



Library, Vol. II. No. 5. 8vo. 1897. 

 Boston Society of Natural History — Proceedings, Vol. XXVII. No. 14. 8vo. 



1897. 

 Botanic Society, Uoyal — Quarterly Record, No. 69. 8vo. 1897. 

 British Architect)*, Royal Institute o/— Journal. 1896-97, Nos. 13, 14. 8vo. 

 British Astronomical Association — Journal, Vol. VII. No. 6. 8vo. 1897. 

 British Institute of Public Bealth—Jouvual of State Medicine, Vol. V. No. 1. 



8vo. 1897. 

 British Museum Trustees — Subject Index of Modern Works added to the liibrary 



of the British Museum iii tiie years 1885-90 and 1891-95. Compiled by 



G. K. Fortescue. 2 vols. 8vo. " 1891 97. 



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