comitia held in June, a resolution expressed in 

 the following terms was passed : — 



"That there shall be one or more Croonian 

 lecturers appointed by the College, who shall be 

 required to deliver lectures on one or more subjects 

 in anatomy, physiology, and pathology, with a view 

 to the prevention, control, and cure of disease ; and 

 that the College shall devote the funds derived 

 from the Croonian Trust (i) to the payment of 

 such lecturer or lecturers, and (2) to the contribu- 

 tion of such sums as the College may think fit 

 towards the promotion of scientific investigation 

 on the subject of the lectures." 



Thus has the College determined to dispose of 

 the increased income that has fallen into its hands 

 through the chance influence that has been wrought 

 by time upon the value of the endowment. The 

 sum to be annually appropriated from the Croonian 

 Trust is now of considerable magnitude, and let it 

 be hoped that the fruit yielded by its application 

 may equal in usefulness what I am sure it is 

 desired by the College it should do. Should this 

 be attained, the benefits issuing from the benefac- 



