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GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, June 6, 1887. 

 Henry Pollock, Esq. Treasurer and Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 



John Mowlem Burt, Esq. 



James Staats Forbes, Esq. 



Hugh Gordon, Esq. B.A. Oxon. 



Douglas Hankey, Esq. 



John Isaac Thornycroft, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The following Address to the Queen was read and approved, 

 and authorised to be signed by His Grace The President on behalf of 

 the Members : — 



To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Patron of the Koyal Institution 



of Great Britain. 

 Madam, 



We, the President and Members of the Eoyal Institution of Great Britain, 

 in General Meeting assembled, humbly beg that your Majesty will be pleased to 

 accept this our tribute of homage and congratulation on the occasion of the 

 Jubilee of the commencement of your Majesty's reign — a reign signalised by so 

 many blessings and distinguished for the encouragement and advancement of the 

 Sciences for the promotion of which this our Institution was founded. 



Further, it is our earnest desire and fervent prayer that your Majesty's reign 

 in health, happiness, and prosperity may be f)rolonged for many years to come — ■ 

 a prayer echoed throughout the wide realms which own allegiance to your 

 Majesty's Sceptre. 



The Peesents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FROM 



Government of Madras — Madras Meridian Circle Observations, 1862, 18G3, 1864. 



4to. 1887. 

 The French Government — Documents Inedits sur I'Histoire de France : 



Comptes des Batiments du Roi. Par J. Guiffrey. Tome II. 4to. 1887. 



Lettres du Cardinal Mazarin. Par A. Cheruel. Tome IV. 4to. 1887. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia — Proceedings, 1886, Part 3. 8vo. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Beale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta; Rendieonti. Vol. III. 



Fasc. 6, 7. 8vo. 1886-7. 

 Agricultural Societij, Royal — Journal, Vol. XXIII. Part 1. 8vo. 1887. 

 Antiquaries, Society of — Archseologia, Vol. L. Part 1. 4to. 1887. 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal — Journal, Vol. LIII. Part 2, No. 4; Vol. LV. Part 2, 

 No. 4. 8vo. 1884-6. 



Proceedings, 1886, No. 10; 1887, No. 1. 8vo. 

 Asiatic Society, Royal {Cliina Branch) — Journal, Vol. XXI. Nos. 3, 4. 8vo. 1886. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal — Montldy Notices, Vol. XLVII. No. 6. 8vo. 1887. 

 Bankers, Institute of — Journal, Vol. VIII. Part 5. 8vo. 1887. 

 Batavia Observatory — Rainfall in the East Indian Archipelago, 1885. 8vo. 1886. 



Magnetical and Meteorological Observations, Vol. VI. Sup. and Vol. VII. 

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 British Architects, Royal Institute of — Proceedings, 1886-7, Nos. 14, 15. 4to. 



