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AT a largely attended meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday, Dec. 3, Sir Douglas Maclagan in the chair, it was resolved that Mr. Geo. Reid, R.S.A., should be commissioned to paint a portrait of Prof. P. G. Tait, to be placed permanently in the rooms of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A committee was appointed to carry out the resolution, including, among others, Mr. John Murray (Challenger Expedition), Convener; Mr. Gillies Smith, Hon. Treasurer; Lord President Inglis, Lord Kingsburgh, Lord Maclaren, Sir William Thomson, Sir Arthur Mitchell, Prof. Robertson Smith, Prof. Chiene, Dr. Alexander Buchan, Mr. Robert Cox, and Mr. William Peddie. It was proposed that an etched engraving of the portrait be prepared for distribution among the subscribers, the plate to be destroyed after the required number of copies have been thrown off. It was further resolved that all the Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Professor's old pupils, and others, be afforded an opportunity of taking part in this public recognitition of Prof. Tait's eminent services to science.