712 General MontJdy Meeting. [Dec. 5, 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 5, 1881. 

 George Busk, Esq. F.R.S. Treasurer and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Henry Chester, Esq. 

 John Grey, Esq. 

 Mrs. Thomas Do Home. 

 Vyvyan Charles Miles, Esq. B.A. 

 (xeorge Edward Nash, Esq. 

 William Russ Pugh, M.D. 

 John Barclay Scriven, Esq. 

 Francis Whitaker, Esq. 

 Robert Porter Wilson, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Managers reported, that at their Meeting this day, th(\y 

 api)ointed Professor John G. McKendrick, ]\I.D. F.R.S.E. Fullerian 

 Professor of Physiology for three years. 



The Resignation of Mr. Warren De La Rue, as Secretary, on 

 account of ill-health, was announced, to the great regret of the 

 Members. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



Robert Stawell Ball, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. Andrews Professor of Astronomy 

 ill the University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. — Six Lectures 

 (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory) on " The Sun, the Moon, and the Planets " 

 (with illustrations by the electric light, &c.) ; ou Dec. 27 (Tuesday), Dec. 29, 31, 

 1881 ; Jan. 3, 5, 7, 1882. 



Pkofessor John G. McKendrick, M.D. F.R.S.E. Fullerian Professor of Physi- 

 ology. — Eleven Lectures on The Mechanism of the Senses ; on Tuesdays, Jan, 17 

 to March 28. 



Henry N. Moseley, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. — Four Lectures on Corals; on 

 Thursdays, Jan. 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 9. 



Philip Ll'tley Sclater, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. Ph.D. Secretary of the 

 Zoological Society. — Four Lectures on The Geographical Distribution of 

 Animals; on Thursdays, Feb. 16, 23, and March 2, 9. 



Professor Tyndall, D.C.L. F.R.S. ilf.jR.J.— Three Lectures ; on Thursdays, 

 March 16, 23, and 30. 



Ernst Pauer, Esq. Principal Professor of the Pianoforte at the National 

 Training School for Music— Four Lectures on Lidwig von Beethoven (with 

 illustrations on the Pianofoite); on Saturdays, Jan. 2L 28, and Feb. 4, 11. 



