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" We beg your Majesty graciously to receive this token of the loyal 

 devotion which the men of science of this country feel towards their 

 Sovereign Lady the Queen. 



" And we shall ever pray that your Most Gracious Majesty may 

 be spared for many years to reign over your dutiful and loving 

 people." 



Her Majesty's Reply. 



" I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. I am much 

 gratified by the attachment which your ancient and learned Society 

 expresses to My Throne and Person. 



I am fully sensible how far the labours and ingenuity of men of 

 science, whom you worthily represent, have advanced the industrial 

 and social prosperity of My people, and have tended alike to their 

 good and refinement, and I confidently expect the same excellent 

 fruit in years to come from the indefatigable and reverent Investiga- 

 tion of Nature for the promotion of which the Royal Society was 

 founded." 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting was given from the Chair. 



Mr. Horace Brown, Sir Douglas Galton, and Dr. T. E. Thorpe 

 were by ballot elected Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts on the 

 part of the Society. 



The Secretary read the following list of Papers received since 

 the last meeting and published in accordance with the Standing 

 Orders : — 



Professor J. A. Fleming and Professor J. Dewar. Further Observa- 

 tions on the Dielectric Constants of Frozen Electrolytes at and 

 above the Temperature of Liquid Air. 



Professor J. Dewar and Professor J. A. Fleming. On the Dielectric 

 Constants of Certain Organic Bodies at and below the Tempera- 

 ture of Liquid Air. 



Professor J. Dewar and Professor J. A. Fleming. On the Dielectric 

 Constants of Metallic Oxides dissolved or suspended in Ice 

 cooled to the Temperature of Liquid Air. 



Professor Hubert Boyce and Professor W. A. Herdman. On a Green 

 Leucocytosis in Oysters associated with the Presence of Copper 

 in the Leucocytes. 



Charles S. Tomes. On the Development of Marsupial and other 

 Tubular Enamels, with Notes upon the Development of Enamel 

 in general. 



