The Presidency, vacant through the death of the late Earl of Shaftesbury, k.g., has been accepted by Professor G. G. Stokes, m.a., President of the Royal Society. Under his leadership the Institute cannot fail to still further combine men of Science in carrying out its objects, and thus to add to the importance and the solidity of the work done.

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