II. THE RELATION OF THE ROYAL 

 SOCIETY TO THE SPECIALISED 

 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



"Let knowledge grow from more to more, . . ." 



TENNYSON (In Memoriavn). 

 "What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee." 



MARCUS AURELIUS (Meditations}. 



From the Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting 

 on November 30, 1903. 



NOT- 

 WITH- 

 STAND- 

 ING the exist- 

 ence of three 

 special Socie- 

 ties devoted to 

 the promotion 

 of chemical 

 knowledge, the 

 recent great 

 development 

 of the study 

 of chemical 

 changes and 

 processes in 

 which electri- 



