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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, February 2, 1880. 



The Duke of Northumberland, D.C.L. Lord Privy Seal, 

 President, in the Cliair. 



His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, K.G. 

 was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Listitution. 



John Carteighe, Esq. F.C.S. 

 Frederic Coxhead Mathieson, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Managers rejiortcd that in December last they awarded the 

 Actonian Prize of One Hundred Guineas to Mr. R. S. Boulger, for his 

 Essay on the Structure and Functions of the Retina in all Classes of 

 Animals, viewed in relation to the Theory of Evolution. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



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 Governor General of India : — 



Geological Survey of India: 



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 Agricultural Society of England, Royal — Journal, Second Series, Vol. XV. Part 2. 



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 Author — Ambition's Dream in two Fyttes. New Edition. 16to. 1879. 

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 Bentley, C. S. Esq. (the Author,— A new Theory of the Tides, fol. (P 12) 1879. 

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 Address of the President. 4to. 1879. 

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1876-9. 

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1879. 

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