NARRATIVE OF THE CENTENARY MEETING. XXiil 
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 
The Royal Society of Arts. 
The Royal Society of Canada. 
The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
The Royal Society of Medicine. 
The Royal Society of New South Wales. 
The Royal Society of Queensland. 
The Royal Society of South Africa. 
The Royal Society of South Australia. 
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 
The Royal Society of Victoria. 
The Royal Statistical Society. 
The Smithsonian Institution. 
The Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire. 
The Society of Antiquaries of London. 
The Society of Chemical Industry. 
*The South African Association for the Advancement of Science. 
The Textile Institute. 
The Universities Bureau of the British Empire. 
The Zoological Society of London. 
The Council had intimated that addresses of congratulation were not 
to be regarded as obligatory, but those Institutions and Cities which are 
marked with an asterisk above kindly forwarded addresses, together with 
the following :— 
Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 
Delegates from the following Universities and Institutions were also 
present :— 
The Columbia University of New York. 
The Swarthmore College. 
The Muslim University of Aligarh. 
The University of Andhra. 
The University of Dacca. 
The University of Delhi. 
The University of Helsingfors. 
The University of Lucknow. 
The University of Madras. 
_ The University of the Punjab. 
La Société Chimique de France. 
Sociedad Espafiola de Fisiska y Quimica. 
The Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
The Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch. 
On Wednesday evening, September 23, in the Central Hall, West 
minster, at 9.0 p.m., General Smuts delivered the Presidential Address, 
entitled ‘The Scientific World-Picture of To-day,’ for which see p. 1. 
The Address was relayed to three other halls in the same building 
The President sent the following message to the audiences in the 
relay halls :— 
‘My successors at the Bi-Centenary Meeting in 2031 will no doubt be 
not only heard but also seen by whatever audience may desire to see and 
hear him (or her), without being compelled to come to any particular 
place for the purpose. To those whom I shall not have the pleasure of 
facing to-night while giving the Presidential Address, I can only express 
my regret that Science has not so far advanced as to permit the Officers 
of the Associatién to make better provision on this occasion. They had 
