366 General Monthly Meeting [May 9, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 9, 1921. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, J.P. M.l). LL.D. F.P.S., 

 Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Wilfred E. Watson Baker, F.R.M.S. 

 Reginald Lano-don Downe, M.A. M.B. 

 Robert William Paul, M.I.E.E. 

 Arthur S. Tabor, M.A. 

 Mrs. S. S. Williams 



were elected Members. 



The Chairman announced that His Grace the President had nomi- 

 nated the following gentlemen as Vice-Presidents for the ensuing 

 year : — 



Horace T. Brown, LL.D. F.R.S. 



J. H. Balfour Browne, K.C. D.L. J.P. LL.D. 



Sir James J. Dobbie, LL.D. D.Sc. F.R.S. 



The Right Hon. Earl Iveasjh, K.P. G.C.V.O. LL.D. F.R.S. 



Sir Ernest Moon, K.C.B. K.C. LL.B. 



Sir James Reid, Bart., G.C.V.O. K.C.B. M.D. LL.D. 



Sir James Crichton-Browne, J.P. M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. 



(Treasurer) 

 Colonel E. H. Grove-Hills, C.M.G. D.Sc. F.R.S. (Secretary) 



The Chairman read the following letter from Dr. G. E. Hale, 

 acknowledging the award of the Actonian Prize : — 



Carnegie Institution of Washington, 



Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 

 Pasadena, California. 



March 8th, 1921. 

 Henry Young, Esq., 



Assistant Secretary, Royal Institution, 

 21 Albemarle Street, London, W.l. 



Dear Mr. Young ; 



I beg to tbank you for your kind letter of February 11, informing me of 

 the award of the Actonian Prize for my contributions to Solar Physics and 

 Stellar Evolution. I have also received from Messrs. Drummond a draft for 

 One Hundred Guineas, receipt for which is enclosed. 



On the arrival of the marconigram which gave me the first news of tho 

 award, I at once cabled my thanks to the Managers. I trust you will inform 

 them how sincerely I appreciate the great and unexpected honour they have 

 conferred upon me. For many years I have been an ardent admirer of the 



