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THE anniversary meeting of the Royal Society was held on Nov. 30, and the presidential address delivered by Sir Ernest Rutherford. He referred to the loss by death during the past year of fourteen fellows of the Society and one fellow elected under Statute 12, which provides for the admission of persons who have rendered conspicuous service to science, or whose election would be of signal benefit to the Society. Mention was also made of the retirement of Sir David Pram and Sir James Jeans, treasurer and secretary respectively for the past ten years, during which period the number of pages annually in the Proceedings has grown from 700 to 3661, an increase in publication effort due mainly to the activity of Sir James Jeans. Sir Henry Lyons succeeds Sir David Pram as treasurer, and Lord Rayleigh becomes foreign secretary in succession to the former. Sir James Jeans is succeeded by Dr. F. E. Smith, wellknown for his work atthe National Physical Laboratory onelectrical standards, and until recently Director of the Scientific Research and Experiment Department at the Admiralty. He has recently been appointed Secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, in connexion with which Sir Ernest remarked: “The Council feel that it is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, that Dr. Smith should hold these two posts concurrently; for, although the main spheres of work of the two bodies are distinct, they have many interests in common in fostering the research activities of the nation”.
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Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society. Nature 124, 892–893 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124892a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124892a0