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A MEETING of Presidents of various scientific societies in London was recently convened by the President and Officers of the Royal Society, to consider whether any, and if so what, steps should be taken to commemorate the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign. It was unanimously resolved—“ That a fund to be called the Victoria Research Fund be established, to be administered by representatives of the various scientific societies, for the encouragement of research in all branches of science.” The President of the Royal Society has communicated this resolution to the scientific societies, with a letter asking whether support would be given to it.

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Notes. Nature 55, 494–498 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055494a0

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