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THE complimentary dinner given to Major-General Sir John Donnelly on Tuesday, by his friends and former colleagues of the Department of Science and Art, is a testimony of the esteem in which he is held by all who have been associated with him in the work of the Department. Sir John Gorst presided, and in proposing the health of the guest of the evening, he pointed out that in 1859, when Sir John Donnelly was entrusted with the control of the science branch of the Department, the total number of science students under instruction was 395, and the payments made on account of their instruction amounted to 2000l. In 1897, the number of students in Departmental classes was 197,796, and the grants amounted to 169,000l. These figures form the best of evidence as to the growth of the work of the Department under Sir John Donnelly's administration. In addition to Sir John Gorst and Sir John Donnelly, among other speakers at the dinner were:—Captain Abney, Major-General Festing, Sir Norman Lockyer, Prof. Rücker, Sir George Gabriel Stokes, and Rear-Admiral Sir William Wharton.