III. THE ADVISORY RELATION OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY TO THE STATE, 

 AND THE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC 

 DUTIES WHICH REST PERMAN- 

 ENTLY UPON THE SOCIETY. 



"The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret 

 motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to 

 the effecting of all things possible." F. BACON (New Atlantis'). 



From the Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting 

 on November 30, 1904. 



DURING 

 the last 

 few years 

 a very large 

 amount, i n- 

 creasing each 

 year, of work 

 outside the read- 

 ing, discussion, 

 and printing of 

 papers, of a 

 more or less 

 public charac- 

 ter, has been 

 thrown upon the 

 Royal Society 

 so large, indeed, 



