1889.] on the Life-history of a Marine Food-fish, 403 



tion and eflfective administration. The State has in past years spent 

 princely sums on more or less pure science, as in the memorable 

 voyage of the Challenger. There can be no doubt that at the 

 present moment the public interests demand a searching and long- 

 continued inquiry nearer home, viz. the exhaustive investigation of 

 all that pertains to the food-fishes of our shores, since the problems 

 connected therewith affect the prosperity of so large a portion of the 

 population. 



[W. C. M.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, February 4, 1889. 



Sir James Crichton Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.K.S. Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



John Tomlinson Brunner, Esq. M.P. 

 Augustus Stroh, Esq.- 

 Sir Charles Tennant, Bart. 

 John Tennant, Esq. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to Mr. William 

 Anderson for his present of a portrait of Professor Mendeleef. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donation to the Fund for the promotion of Experimental 

 Research : 



Professor Dewar £50 



The decease of Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart. Manager and Vice- 

 President, on the 24th December last, was announced. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



The Governor-General of India — Bibliography of Indian Geology. By R. D. 



Oldham. 8vo. 1888. 

 The Government of Madras — Madras Meridian Circle Observations, 1865-7. 4to. 



1888. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia — Proceedings, 1888, Part 2. 8vo. 



1888. 



