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Dublin — Trinity College. — Right Ilcin. the Earl of Kosse, 

 LL.D., D.C.L., F.K.S. Chancellor of the University of Dublin. 



Royal University of Ireland. — Right Rev. Monsignor Molloy, 

 D.D., D.Sc. : William A. M'Keown, .M.D. 



SLOTl.AMl. 



Aberdeen Univer.sity. — Prof. Finlay, M.D. ; Prof. Xiven, 

 K.R.S. ; Prof. Pirie. 



Edinburgh University. — Prof. A. Crum Brown, K.R.S. ; 

 Prof. Sir William Turner, F.R.S. ; Prof. Peter G. Tail, M.A., 

 D.Sc. 



St. Andrew's University. — Prof. Scott Lang; Prof. Pettigrew, 

 M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



WALES. 

 University of Wales. — Prof. Andrew (Iray, LL.D. F.R.S. ; 

 Principal J. \'iriamu Jones, F.R.S., \ice-Chancellor of the 

 University of Wales. 



n. — COI.LEC.ES. 



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Birmingham — Mason College. — Principal Heath, D..Sc., 

 F.R.S. 



Leeds — Yorkshire College. — Prof. .Stroud, D.Sc. 



Liverpool — University College. — Prof. .M'Cunn, M.A. 



London — King's College. — Prof. W. G. Adams, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S. 



London — University College. — Prof. Ramsay, P". R.S. 



London — City and Guilds Central Technical College. — Prof. 

 W. E. .\yrton, F.R.S. 



London — City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury. — 

 Prof. S. P. Thompson, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



Manchester — Owens College. — Prof. Osborne Reynolds, 

 LL.D., F.R.S. 



Newcastle-on-Tyne — Durham College of Medicine and Science. 

 — Prof. George H. Philipson, >LD. 



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 Belfa.st — Queen's College. — Rev. Thomas Hamilton, D. D. , 

 LL.D. ; Prof. Purser, LL.D. 



Cork — Queens College. — Prof. W. Bergin, M.A. 

 Galway — Queen's College. — Sir Thomas Moffett, LL.D. 

 SCOTLANIl. 



Dundee. — University College. — Prof. Steggall, ^LA. 



Glasgow — Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. — Bruce Goff, 

 M.D.,F.F.P.S. 



Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. — Henry 

 Dyer, D.Sc 



Gla,sgow School Board. — Sir John X. Cuthbertson, LL.D. ; 

 Rev. William Boyd, LL.D. 



WALES. 



Aberystwith — University College. — R. D. Robert*;, M..\., 

 D.Sc 



Bangor — University College. — Prof, .\ndrew Gray, LL.D., 

 F.R.S. 



Cardiff^ University College. — Pmf. A. C. KUiott, D.Sc. 



HL — Societies, Instihtions, &c. 



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Royal Society.— Prof. Sir Joseph Lister, M.B., P.R.S. ; Sir 

 John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S. 



Cambridge — Philosophical Society. — Prof. J. J. Thomson, 

 F.R.S. 



London— Society of Arts. — Sir Frederick Abel, F.R.S. 



.•\stronomical Society. — A. A. Common, LL.D., F.R.S. 



British Association for Advancement of Science. — Prof. A. W. 

 Kiicker, F.R.S. 



Chemical Society. — Prof. John \L Thomson. 



Institution of Civil Engineers. — Sir Benjamin Baker, F.R.S., 

 K.C.M.G. 



Society of Engineers. — Henry O'Connor. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers. — John Hopkinson, F.R.S. 



Royal Geographical Society. — Dr. John Murray, F.R.S. 



Geological Society. — Dr. Henry Hicks, F.R.S. 



Mathematical Society. — Major P. \. MacMahon, R.A. , 

 F.R..S. 



Physical Society. — Captain W. de W'. Abney, F.R.S. 



Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. — Prof. 

 Schuster, F.R.S. 



IRELAND. 

 Royal Irish Academy. — Right Hon. the Earl of Rosse, LL.D., 

 D.C.L., F.R.S. 



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Edinburgh — Educational Institute of Scotland. — John Dunlop, 

 Esq. 



Edinburgh — Royal Society. — Hon. Lord M'Laren. 



Glasgow — Geological Society. — Sir Archibald Geikie, LL.D. 

 F.R.S. ; J. Barclay Murdoch, Esq. 



Glasgow — Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. — John 

 Inglis, Esq. 



Glasgow — Philosophical Society. — Ebenezer Duncan, M.D. 



Other distinguished Visitors. — Professor Cleveland .\bbe. 

 Weather Bureau, Washington ; John Aitken, F.R.S., Darroch, 

 Falkirk: Prof. Roberts- Austen," C.B., F.R.S., London; Prof. 

 Bayley Balfour, M.D., F.R.S., Edinburgh University; Rev. A. 

 K. H. Boyd, D.D.,St. Andrews : A. Hargreaves Brown, M.P., 

 1 2 ( Irosvenor Gardens, London, .S. W. ; Alexander Buchan, LL. D. , 

 42 Heriot Row, Edinburgh ; Professor Ci. H. Darwin, LL.D., 

 F.R.S., Newnham Grange, Cambridge; Prof. James Dewar, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., Peterhouse, Cambridge ; Lowes Dickenson, 

 Esq., I All Souls' Place, London, W. ; J. D. H. Dickson, 

 >LA., Peterhouse, Cambridge; John M. Dodds, M.A., Peter- 

 house, Cambridge; Prof. J. .\. Ewing, LL.D., F.R.S., Cam- 

 bridge; Prof. Fitzgerald, ScD., Dublin ; J. E. Foster, M.A., 

 Cambridge; Prof. Michael Foster, LL.D., F.R.S., Cambridge ; 

 Prof. Frankland, F.R.S., Mason College, Birmingham : Ex- 

 Prof. Frederick Fuller, London : David Gill, C.B., LL.D., 

 P". R. S., Astronomer Royal, Cape Town ; Dr. tUadstone, 

 F.R.S., London; J. G. Gordon, Esq., London; Prof. Her- 

 komer, R.A. , Bushey, Herts. ; Sir Joseph D. Hooker, M. D. , 

 K.C.B., P'.R.S., Sunningdale, Berks; John K. Ingram, LL.D., 

 Dublin ; Prof Alex. B. W. Kennedy, LL.D., F.R.S., London ; 

 Hon. Lord Kinnear ; Hon. Lord Kyllachy ; Count Lovatelli, 

 Italian Embassy, London ; Rt. Hon. Prof. Max Miiller, LL.D., 

 Oxford; Frank :\l'Clean, LL.D., F.R.S., Tunbridge Wells; 

 John M'Intyre, .M.D., Odiham, Hants ; Prof. Simon Newcomb, 

 of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and Nautical Almanac 

 Office, Washington; Prof. Perry, F.R.S., London; Rev. Dr. 

 Porter, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge ; W. H. Preece, C. B. , 

 F. R..S. , General Po.st Office, London; P2manuel Ristori, 

 London; PZdward J. Routh, D.Sc, LL.D., P'.R.S., Peter- 

 house, Cambridge ; Sir William Russell, Adare, Ireland ; 

 Right. Hon. Lord Shand, LL.D., London; Alex. .Siemens, 

 London; Major-General Sir R. M. Smith, K.C.M.ti., Edin- 

 burgh; Prof, J. J. Sylvester, M.A., D.C.L,, F.R.S., Oxford; 

 James Thomson, M..-\. , C. E. , Newcastle-on-Tyne; Prof. W. 

 A. Tilden, ScD., F.K.S., London; Admiral Wharton, R.N., 

 C.B. , F.R.S. ,.-\dniiralty, London. 



The only noticeable want in the above list is that of 

 any high Ofificer of State of our own country. The 

 presence of some member of the Government would have 

 added a touch of State official recognition which it would 

 have done honour to the Government to bestow ; but 

 very possibly, like Lord Salisbury and Sir John Gorst, 

 other ministers were unable to leave their posts. 



The suite of rooms, unic|ue in extent and convenience 

 for such an assembly, beautiful in themsehes because 

 of their architecture and fittings, were further de- 

 corated with flowers and plants, and were illuminated 

 by several arc-lamps which shed a bright but mellow 

 light upon the scene. The effect was indescribably 

 brilliant — the splendour of the ladies' dresses, the uni- 

 forms, and the municipal and academic robes of the 

 men, mixed with the sober evening attire to which many 

 adhered, rendered the appearance of the rooms during^ 

 the evening exceedingly picturesque and bright. The 

 east quadrangle was also lighted with the electric light, 

 and formed a most attractive refuge from the hotter 

 atmosphere inside. The band of the Gordon High- 

 landers discoursed sweet music at intervals from a 

 band stand erected in the centre of the quadrangle, 

 alternating with the pipers of the same regiment, who 

 played a selection of Highland airs in excellent style. 



On Tuesday a congregation of the University was held 

 for the presentation of addresses to Lord Kelvin, and the 

 conferring of honorary degrees on Lord Kelvin himself 

 and the principal foreign visitors representative of 

 science. The delegates of the various universities, 

 colleges, societies, and institutions were accommodated 



