Ai/Jiiial Report of the Council. xxxi 



On behalf of the Society, Professor J. Willard (lihbs presented 

 the following letter to the Connecticut Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of its 

 foundation, held October nth, 1899 : — 



The Council of the Manchester Literary and I'hilosophical 

 Society send most cordial greeting on the occasion of the 

 centenary of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



They recall the great services which the Academy has 

 rendered, not only in the encouragement of scientific research 

 within its own l)orders, but also by the singular merit of its 

 ])ublications, many of which they feel will rank as permanent 

 landmarks in the history of science. 



The Council feel that they can express no better wish than 

 that the Academy may continue to flourish in a manner worthy 

 of its past traditions. 



(Signed) Horace Lami;, President. 



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The Council has awarded : — 



The Wilde Medal for 1900 to the Rt. Hon. Lord Rayleigh, 

 F. R.S., for his numerous and brilliant contributions to mathe- 

 matical and experimental physics and to chemistry. 



A Dalton Medal (struck in 1864) to Sir Henry Enfield 

 Roscoe, F.R.S., for his remarkable original researches in 

 chemistry, and for his distinguished services to scientific education. 



The Wilde Premium for 1900 to Professor A. W. Flu.x, M.A., 

 for his papers on " The Costs of Sea Transport in proportion to 

 Values of Cargoes," and " The Fall in Prices during the pa'^t 

 Twenty Years," pubhshed in the Society's Memoirs. 



Lord Rayleigh was appointed to deliver the Wilde Lecture. 



The Medals and Premium were presented and the Wilde 

 Lecture was delivered on Tuesday, February 13th, 1900. 



A resolution recommending the continuance of the system 

 of electing Associates of Sections will be submitted at the Annual 

 ^Meeting. 



