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  President's 
  Address. 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  .£8936 
  12s., 
  of 
  which 
  £3720 
  15s. 
  6d. 
  (the 
  cost 
  of 
  prepara- 
  

   tion) 
  was 
  defrayed 
  by 
  the 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  (the 
  cost 
  of 
  printing, 
  

   paper, 
  and 
  binding) 
  by 
  the 
  Treasury 
  ; 
  against 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  set 
  the 
  

   proceeds 
  of 
  sale, 
  repaid 
  to 
  the 
  Treasury 
  in 
  occasional 
  amounts, 
  the 
  last 
  

   within 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Transactions 
  distributed 
  gratui- 
  

   tously 
  to 
  Institutions 
  and 
  Individuals 
  not 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  is 
  now 
  

   209, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  325. 
  

  

  House 
  Committee. 
  — 
  The 
  great 
  labours 
  of 
  this 
  Committee 
  in 
  connexion 
  

   with 
  the 
  removal 
  into 
  the 
  apartments 
  we 
  now 
  occupy 
  had 
  not 
  terminated 
  

   at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  Session 
  ; 
  and 
  various 
  matters 
  have 
  still 
  

   to 
  be 
  attended 
  to. 
  That 
  the 
  arrangements 
  the 
  Committee 
  has 
  made 
  

   have 
  given 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  the 
  Fellows 
  at 
  large 
  has 
  been 
  amply 
  acknow- 
  

   ledged. 
  "We 
  are, 
  indeed, 
  greatly 
  indebted 
  to 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  knowledge, 
  

   experience, 
  and 
  time 
  all 
  so 
  freely 
  given 
  in 
  our 
  service, 
  as 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  our 
  requirements 
  and 
  the 
  practical 
  views 
  of 
  our 
  A 
  ssistant- 
  

   Secretary, 
  upon 
  whom 
  fell 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  suggesting 
  the 
  best 
  disposition 
  of 
  

   the 
  apartments 
  throughout 
  this 
  large 
  and 
  commodious 
  building. 
  Lastly, 
  

   I 
  would 
  beg 
  your 
  permission 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  eminent 
  architect, 
  

   Mr. 
  Barry, 
  who 
  has 
  throughout 
  shown 
  the 
  greatest 
  regard 
  to 
  our 
  position 
  

   and 
  requirements, 
  and 
  but 
  for 
  whose 
  professional 
  ability 
  enlisted 
  in 
  our 
  ser- 
  

   vice 
  we 
  might 
  have 
  found 
  ourselves 
  as 
  ill 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  well 
  accommodated. 
  

  

  Funds 
  and 
  Bequests. 
  — 
  The 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  In 
  1828 
  our 
  former 
  Presi- 
  

   dent, 
  Dr. 
  Wollaston, 
  invested 
  £2000 
  in 
  the 
  Three 
  per 
  Cents 
  for 
  the 
  crea- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  Fund, 
  the 
  dividends 
  from 
  which 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  liberally 
  

   " 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  promoting 
  experimental 
  researches, 
  or 
  in 
  rewarding 
  

   those 
  by 
  whom 
  such 
  researches 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  or 
  in 
  such 
  other 
  manner 
  

   as 
  shall 
  appear 
  to 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Council 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  being 
  most 
  

   3onducive 
  to 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  in 
  particular, 
  or 
  of 
  Science 
  in 
  

   general." 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  restriction 
  as 
  regards 
  nationality 
  ; 
  but 
  Members 
  

   of 
  Council 
  are 
  excluded 
  from 
  participation 
  during 
  their 
  term 
  of 
  office. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  Fund 
  many 
  liberal 
  additions 
  were 
  made 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Davies 
  Gilbert 
  

   gave 
  £1000 
  ; 
  Warburton, 
  Hatchett, 
  Guillemard, 
  and 
  Chantrey 
  .each 
  

   contributed 
  100 
  guineas. 
  From 
  these 
  gifts, 
  and 
  by 
  accumulations, 
  the 
  

   Fund 
  in 
  1849 
  had 
  increased 
  to 
  £5293. 
  With 
  subsequent 
  contributions, 
  

   and 
  a 
  bequest 
  of 
  £500 
  by 
  our 
  eminent 
  Fellow 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Francis 
  

   Ronalds, 
  the 
  total, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  balance-sheet 
  now 
  in 
  your 
  hands, 
  

   amounts 
  to 
  £5816 
  Is. 
  Id. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  balance-sheet 
  already 
  

   referred 
  to, 
  a 
  detailed 
  statement 
  of 
  grants 
  from 
  the 
  Donation 
  Fund 
  is, 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  a 
  resolution 
  of 
  Council, 
  published 
  with 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Anniversary 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  Sir 
  Francis 
  Ronalds 
  died 
  in 
  1873 
  ; 
  his 
  bequest 
  (reduced 
  by 
  payment 
  

   of 
  legacy 
  duty 
  to 
  £450) 
  was 
  made, 
  as 
  declared 
  in 
  his 
  Will, 
  in 
  recognition 
  

  

  