xl. Proceedings. [July 2nd, 1897. 



(3) For the first successful photographs of star spectra, 

 in which he discovered a series of hydrogen lines in the 

 ultra-violet. 



Mr. Gwyther read the following letter, which he had 

 received from Sir William Huggins : — 



" go, Upper Tulse Hill, S.W., 



" June 2gth, 1897. 

 " Dear Sir, 



" I have delayed writing in the hope of being 

 " able to come on Friday. I regret to say that I am not 

 " so well as I hoped I might be ; and I am sure that it 

 " would be scarcely prudent for me to take just now the 

 " fatigue of the journey to Manchester. 



" I do hope that you and the Council will accept the 

 " assurance of my very high appreciation of the high 

 " honour of being the recipient of the Wilde Medal, and 

 " that I value much the distinction thereby conferred upon 

 " me by the Society. 



" With renewed thanks, 



" Very faithfully yours, 



" William Huggins." 



The Secretaries undertook to forward the Medal to 

 Sir William Huggins. 



The Chairman announced that a premium of £15. 15s. 

 under the Wilde Trust, had been awarded by the Council 

 to Mr. Peter Cameron for his series of papers on "Hymen- 

 optera Orientalia." 



After the presentation of the Medals the members 

 assembled in the Library, where Sir George Stokes 

 delivered the Wilde Lecture on " The Nature of the 

 Rontgen Rays." 



The Lecture is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



