622 General Monthly Meeting [July 3, 



The Chairman announced the decease of H.H. The Prince of 

 Monaco, on June 26, and the following Resolution, passed by the 

 Managers at their Meeting held this day, was read and unanimously 

 adopted : — 



Resolved, That the Managers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 

 desire to place on their Records a recognition of their sense of the great loss 

 the Institution and the Science of Oceanography have sustained by the 

 lamented death of His Highness Albert the First, Sovereign Prince of Monaco ; 

 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Foreign Associate of the Academy 

 of Sciences, Paris ; Doctor of Laws in the Universities of Edinburgh and 

 Aberdeen ; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society ; and one of 

 the Honorary Members of Elevated Rank in the Royal Institution. 



The Prince of Monaco, who was a generous and munificent benefactor to 

 Oceanography, founded and endowed an Oceanographical Institute in Paris, 

 ■and a magnificent Museum and Laboratory in Monaco. His numerous 

 marine expeditions, the scientific exploration of the lakes of the Azores, and 

 his Arctic voyages have yielded fruitful results. The researches are recorded 

 from 1889 up to the present time in a series of monumental and elaborate 

 monographs entitled " Resultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur 

 son Yacht par Albert l er Prince Souverain de Monaco," and the " Bulletin de 

 l'lnstitut Oceanographique," copies of which have been presented by the 

 Prince to the Library of the Royal Institution. 



Besides the interest the Prince of Monaco took in Oceanography was the 

 study of Human Archaeology, and he founded the Institute of Prehistoric 

 Archaeology in Paris. His valuable discoveries in the Font de Gaume Cavern 

 in the Dordogne and the Mentone Caves were published in 1875 and 1906-1911. 



The Prince of Monaco delivered a Friday Evening Discourse on " The 

 Progress of Oceanography" at the Royal Institution on May 27, 1904. 



The Managers desire to express on behalf of the Members their sincere 

 sympathy with His Highness's Family in their bereavement. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Sir Robert 

 Hadneld, Bart., J. P. D.Sc. F.R.S. M.R.I., for a Donation of £500, 

 and to Sir David Salomons, Bart., D.L. J. P. M.R.I., for a Donation 

 of £25 to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Research. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



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