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the building committee for the care and attention they had given to 

 the plan of the building; they ought to thank the architect for all 

 he had done ; but he did not think they ought to forget the remarka- 

 ble exertions which had been made by the secretary, Dr. Tudsbery, 

 and his staff, during the four or five very strenuous years in which 

 they were leaving the old building, housing themselves temporarily, 

 and eventually transferring themselves to the present noble edifice. 

 It pleased him immensely to be allowed that evening to say how 

 grateful he was to Dr. Tudsbery and his staff, and to all who had 

 been associated with the transfer of the institution from one great 

 building to another. 



He was sure the members would agree that Mr. Gracie had suc- 

 ceeded in laying before the institution a very interesting record of 

 Avhat had been done during the last 20 years. The lecturer was 

 known as a past master in all that belonged to naval architecture, and 

 the members wished to thank him very sincerely and cordially for 

 coming among them that evening and delivering the first " James 

 Forrest " lecture in the new building. 



The resolution having been carried by acclamation, 

 Mr. Alexander Gracie, in acknowledging the vote of thanks, said 

 that the patience with which the members had listened to him, to- 

 gether with the compliment that the institution had paid him by 

 asking hmi to deliver the lecture, was more than ample reward for 

 anything he had done.] 



