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June 3, 1856. 



The LORD WROTTESLEY, President, in the Chair. 



A Special General Meeting was held this day, to consider a pro- 

 posal from Her Majesty's Government to give apartments to the 

 Society in Burlington House, contained in the following letter : 



Treasury Chambers, 22nd May, 1856. 



MY LORD, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her 

 Majesty's Treasury to acquaint your Lordship, with reference to the 

 views set forth in your Letter to the Duke of Argyll of the 30th ult., 

 which has been laid before this Board, that Her Majesty's Govern- 

 ment are not at present in a position to enable them to state any 

 definite views with respect to the project for the juxtaposition of the 

 principal Scientific Societies in a building to be erected in a conve- 

 nient and central locality. 



I have to state that their Lordships are however prepared so far 

 to concede to the views advanced by your Lordship on behalf of a 

 large number of persons connected with science, as to allow the tem- 

 porary location of the Linnean and Chemical Societies, in conjunc- 

 tion with the Royal Society, in the present building of Burlington 

 House, on the following conditions, viz. 



1 . That the removal of the Royal Society from Somerset House 

 shall not prejudice the position of the other Societies located in that 

 building, in regard to the terms on which they are permitted to 

 occupy their present apartments. 



2. That the Royal Society shall be put in possession of the main 

 building of Burlington House, on the understanding that they will, 

 in communication with the Linnean and Chemical Societies, assign 

 suitable accommodation therein for those bodies. 



3. A common Library to be formed for the use of the three Socie- 

 ties, on the understanding that suitable arrangements shall be made 



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