1889.] General Monthly Meeting. 411 



I was engaged by the Managers as Assistant Secretary in May 1848, and 

 appointed Librarian in the following December. As lasting memorials of my 

 long connection with the Institution, I would refer to the Index of the Meetings 

 of the Managers and Members, beginning in 1799 ; to the two volumes of the 

 Classified Catalogue of the Library, published in 18.57 and 1882 ; to the eleven 

 volumes of the 'Proceedings of the Koyal Institution,' the printing of which 

 was authorised by the Managers at my suggestion in 1851, and which were long 

 edited by me, and more recently by Mr. Henry Young,' under my direction ; and 

 to the nine Stands of Books of Eeference, collected" and placed in the Upper 

 Library. 



" In conclusion I desire to express my grateful sense of the uniform kindness 

 which I have received from the Members, the Committees, and all the Honorary 

 Secretaries whom I have served. My hearty desire during- the greater part of my life 

 has been to promote the objects of the Institution and the comfort of its Members. 



" I remain, Sir Frederick, 

 *• With many thanks for your own personal kindness, 

 " Yours faithfully, 



"Benjamin Vincent." 



The Honorary Secretary further reported, That the followinor 

 Eesolution had been passed by the Managers : — 



Resolved, " That the Managers accept Mr. Vincent's resignation of the offices 

 of Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the Library, and, as a mark of their high 

 appreciation of the valuable services he has rendered the Institution, elect him 

 to the office of Honorary Librarian, at a salary of 150?. a year, with all the 

 privileges of the Institution." 



Mr. Henry Young was appointed, by the Managers Assistant 

 Secretary and Keeper of theLibrary at th.eir Meeting this day. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

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



FEOM 



The Neio Zealand Government — Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand, 1887. 



fol. 1888. 

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



des Chartes de I'Abbaye de Cluny, Tome IV. 4to. 1888. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Beale, Roma — Atti, Serie Quarta : Kendiconti. 2° Semes- 



tre. Vol. IV. Fasc. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 8vo. 1888. 

 Astronomical Society, Royal— Monthly Notices, Vol. XLIX. No. 3. Svo. 1889. 

 Banhers, Institute o/— Journal, Vol. X. Part 2. Svo. 1889. 

 British Architects, Royal Institute of — Proceedings, 1888-9, Nos, 8, 9. 4to. 

 Brymner, Douglas^ Esq. {the Archivist) — Keport on Canadian Archives, 1888. 



8vo. 1889. 

 Chadwick, Edwin, Esq. C.B. — The Health of Nations : a Eeview of the "Works 



of Edwin Chadwick, with a Biography. By B. W. Richardson. 2 vol. 



8vo. 1887. 

 Chemical Industry, Society of — Journal, Vol. VIII. No. 1. 8vo. 1889. 

 Chemical Society — Journal for February, 1889. 8vo. 

 Crisp, Frank. Esq. LL.B. F.L.S. &c. M.R.I, (the Editor)— J omnal of the Royal 



Microscopical Society, 1888, Part 6a; 1889, Part 1. Svo. 

 Ead India Association— Journal, Vol. XXI. No. 1. Svo. 1889. 

 Editors — American Journal of Science for March, 1889. Svo. 

 Analyst for March, 1889. Svo. 

 Athenaeum for March, 1889. 4to. 

 Chemical News for March, 1889. 4to. 



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