Royal Institution | Nature

THE annual meeting of the members of the Royal Institution was held on May 1, the president, Lord Eustace Percy, being in the chair. The annual report of the Visitors for the year ended

December 31, 1932, testified to a year of considerable activity. The membership had been well maintained. The privilege of free attendance at the afternoon lectures by bonaflde students in

London had been much appreciated and used. The report on the progress of the researches in the Davy Faraday Laboratory gave a good indication of the considerable extent of the research

organisation which is at work under the direction of Sir William Bragg. Some sixteen or eighteen workers are engaged, the majority on problems related to the X-ray determination of

structure. Mention was made of Dr. J. M. Robertson's determination of the structure of anthracene, of Dr. A. Müller's work on the long-chain compounds, and of the growth in accuracy and

capacity of the large experimental X-ray plant in the hands of Dr. Müller and Mr. R. S. Clay. The capacity of the apparatus is calculated to be about 50 kw.; as yet it has worked well up to

10 kw. The treasurer's report and accounts showed a very satisfactory position, in spite of the heavy demand on the financial resources of the Institution caused by the recent

reconstruction. After a total expenditure in connexion with the rebuilding of more than £100,000, a diminution in the invested funds of the Royal Institution of about £2,000 is shown. This

gratifying result is a consequence of many generous donations to the Building and Research Endowment Fund raised by the Institution in the past three years. The donations and other receipts

to this fund have been sufficient to defray almost the entire cost of the rebuilding, and to go a considerable way towards completion of the programme of permanent endowment of research

which the Managers of the Institution have as one of their principal objects. The following officers for 1933-34 were elected: PRESIDENT the Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy; Treasurer, Sir

Robert Robertson; Secretary, Major Charles E. S. Phillips.

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