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Mr. W. N. Hartley. 



[Apr. 3, 



April 3, 1884. 



THE PRESIDENT in the Chair. 



The Presents received were laid on the table, and thanks ordered for 

 them. 



The President, on the part of the Council, submitted to the 

 meeting the following address of condolence to be presented to the 

 Queen : — 



We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for the Improve- 

 ment of Natural Knowledge, desire humbly to offer to Your Majesty 

 the sincere expression of our heartfelt grief at the great loss which 

 Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany and 

 the nation at large have sustained in the decease of His Royal 

 Highness the Duke of Albany. 



That a career so full of promise, and one which seemed likely to 

 aid in fostering the interests both of literature and science, should 

 have been so suddenly cut short, only serves to deepen our sorrow. 



That it may please Divine Providence to support Your Majesty and 

 the Royal Family in this heavy trial is the earnest wish and prayer of 

 Your Majesty's loyal and devoted subjects, 



The President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 Royal Society of London. 



On the motion of General Walker, seconded by Sir James Cockle, it 

 was resolved : That the Fellows do most cordially concur in the 

 address now read from the Chair. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " Remarks on the Atomic Weight of Beryllium." By W. N, 

 Hartley, F.R.S.E., &c, Professor of Chemistry, Royal 

 College of Science, Dublin. Communicated by Professor 

 G. G. Stokes, D.C.L., Sec. R.S. Received March 19, 1884. 



In a reply to a note by Professor Emerson Reynolds " On the Atomic 

 Weight of Grlucinum or Beryllium," presented to the Royal Society 

 by Dr. Frankland on June 7th, 1883, Dr. Humpidge has made some 

 critical observations concerning evidence which I adduced in favour 



