ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. IX. 



In it he referred to the long established ties which had linked 

 Kew to the most distant parts of the Empire, and the great pride 

 with which he and the staff endeavoured to maintain the usefulness 

 of that connection; he also feelingly acknowledged the sympathetic 

 appreciation with which their efforts had invariably been received. 



Also the following letter from Sir John Murray acknowledging 

 the award of the Clarke Memorial Medal : — 



Challenger Lodge, Wardie, 



Edinburgh, 13th March, 1901. 

 My dear Sir, — A few days ago I received a letter signed by you 

 intimating to me that the Council of the Eoyal Society of New South 

 Wales had been pleased to award me the Clarke Memorial Medal in 

 recognition of my services in the cause of Science. I shall feel very much 

 obliged to you if you will convey to the members of the Council my very 

 best thanks for the great honour thus conferred on me. 



I very highly appreciate this recognition from New South Wales, where 

 I spent many happy days during the Challenger Expedition. The medal 

 arrived here to-day. 



Yours sincerely, 



(Signed) JOHN MURRAY. 



Fifty volumes, 472 parts, 35 reports, and 7 pamphlets, total 

 564, received as donations since the last meeting were laid upon 

 the table and acknowledged. 



The President, before commencing the business for the 

 evening, referred to the loss which the Society, in common with 

 all their fellow-countrymen, had sustained by the death of their 

 beloved and revered Queen. On receipt of the news, he, as their 

 representative (the Society being in recess at the time), had sent 

 a message of condolence to His Majesty the King and the Royal 

 Family, through the kind offices of His Excellency the Governor- 

 General. JSTow that the Society is in session he begged to move 

 that a loyal address of condolence and of congratulation — for now 

 they had to be combined — should be sent to His Majesty King 

 Edward VII. The motion was carried unanimously. 



Professor Liversidge, m.a., ll.d., f.r.s., then read his address. 

 After referring to various matters relating to the affairs of the 

 Society, he made the following remarks about the Library : — 



