Annual Report. xli. 



Donations. 



The Society has received from Mr. Henry Bocldington, J. P., 

 of Wilmslow, a valuable etched portrait of Henry D. Pochin, 

 P.vSc, J.P., Mayor of Salford 1866-68. 



Other gifts to the Society during the year include a 

 barometer, which belonged to the late Dr. Henry Wilde, pre- 

 sented by the University of Oxford ; a photograph of Dr. Wilde, 

 presented by Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. ; and 

 32 volumes of the Society's Memoirs and Proceedings, presented 

 by Mr. John Boyd. 



Dalton Medal. 



A Dalton Medal (struck in 1864) was unanimously awarded 

 by the Council to Sir Ernest Rutherford, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 " in recognition of his brilliant researches in Manchester on 

 the constitution of the atom." 



Formation of Chemical Section. 



A Chemical Section of the Society was formed and elected 

 the following Officers :— Chairman, Mr. R. H. Clayton; 

 Treasurer, Mr. J. H. Lester; Secretary, Mr. F. W. Atack. 

 Meetings of the Section have been held monthly. On Friday, 

 March 26th, 1920, the Section held a Soiree by invitation of 

 Mr. R. H. Clayton. 



Society's House. 



In accordance with discussions which have taken place 

 during the last twelve months at meetings of the Society, the 

 Council have carefully considered what steps might be taken 

 to extend the utility of the Society as a centre for literary and 

 scientific intercourse in the Manchester district. Several 

 advances have been made already ; for example, a Chemical 

 Section has been formed, and in addition the Manchester 

 Astronomical Society and the Manchester Microscopical Society 

 are holding their meetings in the Society's house. Several 

 meetings of other scientific bodies have been held in the rooms, 

 and informal communications have been received from others 

 with reference to similar privileges. 



A recent re-arrangement of two of the Society's rooms has 

 made it possible to provide a comfortable room, supplied with 

 writing-table and current copies of the scientific journals, for 

 the convenience of members. The opening of the premises in 

 the evenings has already been appreciated by a number of 

 members, especially those who are unable to make use of the 



