330 Address to the Duke of Edinburgh. 
Copy of the Address presented to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh 
(together wth part 1, Vol. VIII. of the Transactions ), by the 
Officers signing the Address. 
“To His Royal ee Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 
WC. 
“May it vo your Royal Highness,— 
“The Royal Society of Victoria humbly begs to offer its most 
respectful and dutiful assurances of the gratification afforded it by 
the presence of your Royal Highness in this colony. 
“The Royal Society, honoured by the special approbation of Her 
Most Gracious Majesty, seeks, in the paths of science, literature, and 
art, to foster those studies of which your lamented Royal father 
was so energetic a supporter and beneficent a patron. 
“The profession adopted by your Royal Highness is so intimately 
interwoven with a particular and important branch of study, as to 
give earnest hope that beneath your fostering hand, science may 
rapidly expand, and the knowledge and enterprise possessed by 
Great Britain be disseminated throughout the world. 
“The Royal Society refers with great satisfaction to the circum- 
stance of its labours having been largely characterised by an attention 
to those branches of science which have lately had a principal place 
in the studies of naval officers, and it is proud to regard thisas a 
prominent reason for requesting the especial consideration of your 
Royal Highness. 
“Recognising the presence of your Royal Highness in this young 
colony as a further proof of the sympathy Her Most Gracious 
Majesty evinces towards her loyal subjects in this portion of her 
dominions, the Royal Society of Victoria humbly trusts that the 
visit of your Royal Highness to Australia may be a means of draw- 
ing still closer those bonds which unite us to the old country, and 
that the union it is so desirable to promote among the cultivators of 
science, literature, and art in different parts of the world, may be 
thereby strenethened and permanently established. 
“On behalf the Royal Society of Victoria, 
(Signed) Rost. L. J. Exuery, F.R.A.S., President. 
THos. H. Rawxines, Hon. Secretary. | 
R. Wittan, Hon. Treasurer. 
J. E, Nemp, M.D., Hon. Librarian. 
