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November 18, 1897. 



The LORD LISTER, F.R.C.S., D.C.L., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. J. S. Haldane, Mr. George Murray, Professor H. Alleyne 

 "Nicholson, and Professor H. H. Turner were admitted into the 

 Society. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



The President reported that during the recess, at a Court held at 

 Windsor on July 15, 1897, he, accompanied by Sir J. Evans, Treasurer ; 

 Professor M. Foster, Secretary; Professor A. W. Riicker, Secretary; 

 Professor R. B. Clifton, Sir W. Huggins, and Mr. W. T. Thisel- 

 ton-Dyer, Vice-Presidents ; Sir J. D. Hooker, Lord Kelvin, and Sir 

 G. G. Stokes, Past-Presidents, had the privilege of being admitted 

 to the presence of the Throne and the honour of presenting to Her 

 Gracious Majesty the loyal Address which had been approved by 

 the Fellows at their meeting of May 20, and that Her Majesty in 

 accepting the Address made a gracious reply. 



The Address and Royal Reply are as follows : — 



" To the Queen's Most 'Excellent Majesty. 

 " May it please tour Majesty ! 



" We, your loyal and dutiful subjects, the President, Council, and 

 Fellows of the Royal Society of London, humbly beg leave to offer 

 to your Most Gracious Majesty, the beloved Patron of our Society, 

 our respectful and sincere congratulations on the happy conclusion 

 of the sixtieth year of your Most Gracious Majesty's reign, a reign 

 which has extended over a longer period than has that of any of your 

 Majesty's illustrious Predecessors. Not in the number of years only 

 has your Majesty's reign surpassed all others : it has also been 

 marked by unexampled prosperity and progress. Conspicuous in 

 that progress, and an acknowledged cause of that prosperity, has 

 been the marvellous advancement during your Majesty's reign of 

 that Natural Knowledge to promote which your Majesty's illustrious 

 Predecessor, King Charles II, founded the Royal Society. Your 

 humble and devoted servants, the Fellows of the Royal Society, feel 

 that they, in common with all men of science, have especial reason 

 to rejoice in the long continuance of your Majesty's beneficent rule. 



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