525th ORDIISrAEY GENERAL MEETING. 



HELD IN THE ROOMS OF THE INSTITUTE ON MONDAY, 

 JANUARY 22nd, 1912, AT 4.30 p.m. 



Mr. E. J. Sewell, Member of Council, Presided. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed, and the 

 Secretary announced the following elections : — 



Member: Rev. Evan H. Hopkins. 



Associates : Herman R. Wyatt, Esq., Yernon Roberts, Esq., Miss 

 Sophia M. Nugent, Mrs. C. S. Hogg, Miss Grace D. Gardiner. 



The Chairman in calling upon Mr. Maunder to read his paper 

 said : It would be ridiculous for me to propose to introduce 

 Mr. Maunder to any meeting at the Victoria Institute. He is so 

 well known to us all as an active member of the Council and as an 

 untiring and interesting lecturer for the Institute that any 

 introduction is quite superfluous. 



The subject on which he is to read a paper is in itself very 

 interesting. But we are accustomed to seeing it dealt with in 

 newspapers and magazines by writers who only half-know what 

 they are talking about and who, consequently, very often much 

 misunderstand the information which they pass on in their articles. 

 It is, therefore, an intellectual treat to have the subject dealt with 

 by a writer who not only thoroughly knows his subject but, as 

 many audiences can testify, has the art of making what he says 

 thoroughly intelligible to people who are unacquainted, or only 

 moderately acquainted, with the technicalities of astronomy and 

 astro-physics. 



