XXX AiiJinal Report of tlic Council. 



new fields of research, to add distinction to a chair already 

 illustrious beyond others. 



We admire the force and originality with which y(Hi have 

 attacked so wide a range of subjects with such conspicuous success. 

 Your directing influence has been felt and acknowleged by the 

 most notable among the workers in Science. We remark with 

 gratitude that you were among the first to recognise the work of 

 our late fellow-member Joule. 



We have counted you as one of our Honorary Members 

 since 1851, and we look back with pleasure to the occasion, in 

 1897, when you delivered before the Society the first Wilde 

 Lecture on "The Nature of the Rontgen Rays." 



It is our earnest wish that you may yet be spared for many 



years to exhibit those qualities which have made your name 



famous. 



(Signed) J. Cosivio Melvill, President. 



Osi;oRNE Reynolds, '\ 



Arthur Schuster, \ ir r, -j ^ 

 ^ -P, ' y Viee-Fresidenis. 



Charles Bailey, 



William H. Johnson,; 



R. F. GWYTHER,) rr v , ■ 



T^ T \Hon. Secretaries. 



Francis Jones, j 



23th April, i8gg. 



[Reply.] 



Lensfield Cottage, Cameridge, 



Sotli Sept., i8gg. 



Dear Sir, 



The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester have 



added to the favours they have already bestowed on me by 



presenting to me, on the occasion of the celebration of my Jubilee 



as Professor, a congratulatory Address most beautifully illustrated 



and bound. 



The way in which such services as I have been enabled to 



make towards the advancement of Science are mentioned in the 



Address, is, to my mind, an indication of a warmth of attachment 



which binds me closer than ever to your Society, now so long 



established, and privileged to look back on such men as Dalton 



and Joule as among its former members. 



For such residue of life as may yet be left me, I shall ever 



prize that beautiful Address, and I desire to convey to the 



Society my most hearty thanks. 



I am, Dear Sir, 



Yours very faithfully, 



{Signed) G. G. Stokes. 



J. Cosmo Melvill, Esq., 



President of the Literary and 



Philosophical Society of Manchester. 



