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benefactor to science, and at his death in 1904 he left many 

 generous bequests to universities and societies. He became 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895, and he bequeathed 

 to the Society a legacy of 2000 for general purposes. 



Alfred George Greenhill, formerly Professor of Mathematics 

 in the Artillery College, Woolwich, has now retired. He 

 was elected into the Royal Society in 1888 and was knighted 

 in 1908. 



1898. The Anniversary Meeting of the Club in 1898 took 

 place on June 23rd, when there were twenty-nine members 

 present, and the President, Lord Lister, presided. The 

 financial statement submitted by the Treasurers showed 

 an expenditure of 65 I2s. and a surplus of 43 us. 8d. 

 The contribution for the year was fixed at i. 



The attendance at the twelve dinners was 181, comprising 

 157 members and 24 guests. 



Two members had become octogenarians in the course 

 of the year Sir Frederick Bramwell and the Rev. Dr. 

 Bartholomew Price who were now placed on the Honorary 

 List. 



A vacancy was left unfilled last year, and Professor Oliver 

 Lodge desired to resign his membership. Thus four 

 vacancies were created, and there was a list of seven candi- 

 dates. At the first ballot no candidate obtained three- 

 fourths of the votes. At the second ballot Wyndham 

 Rowland Dunstan, James Alfred Ewing, and Henry Alex- 

 ander Miers were elected. Two subsequent ballots were 

 taken, but as no one of the remaining candidates obtained 

 the requisite number of votes the vacancy was left unfilled. 



W. R. Dunstan, now Director of the Imperial Institute, 

 has from time to time at the request of the Colonial Office 

 or of Colonial Governments visited colonies and dependencies 

 to report on their agricultural or mineral resources and has 

 presented reports of value for the industrial development 

 of the regions visited. He was elected F.R.S. in 1893. 



Professor Ewing, Honorary Fellow of King's College, 

 Cambridge, was Professor of Mechanism and Applied 

 Mechanics in the University of Cambridge from 1890 to 



