Report of the Forty-Seventh Aivnual Qeneral Meeting. 3^ 



XXYII. -REPORT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL 



MEETING. 



The forty-seveaith Azinual General Meeting of Fellows was held at the Whitehall 

 JB[.ooins, Hotel MetJEopole, <m Tuesday, April 20, i-OlS. The Right Hon. Earl Grrey, 

 G.-C.3., -G.G.M.G., G.C.y.O. (President of the Institute), presided. Amongst those 

 present were the following : — 



Messrs. R. T-weed Baird, E. Bewiey, Ralph S. Bond, Admiial Sir Nathaniel Bowden- 

 Smi,th, K.C.p., CaptajgQ H. Brook-Ascough, Messjrs. A. Bruce-Joy, Holrpyd Chaplin, 

 Hon. Sh- John A. Cockburn, K.C.M.G., M.D., Rov. Hugh R. CoUum, M^- Q. V. Creagh, 

 C.M.G., Alderman S. Cresswell, F. H. Crowdy, M.D., Howard d'Egville, Fred Button, 

 Lt.-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Messrs. S. Edwards, J. H. Estill, 

 B. Gailewski, W. H. Garrison, S. C. Gilmoiu', Rt. Hon. Viscount Gough, K.CV.O., 

 Messrs. Robert Gray, T. Hance, Major A. B- Hay, Messrs. W. W. Hind-Smith, J. F. 

 Hogan, T. H. Holroyd, John Hughes, Coleman P. Hyman, Hon. J. G. Jenkins, Messrs. 

 D. Hope Johnston, J. H. Jones, Lieutenant H. T. C. Knox (late ii.N.), Major-General 

 Sh- Ronald Lane, K.C.B., K.CV.O., Messrs. Smetham Lee, T. J. Leunard, James W. 

 Little, R. Littlejohn, Sir Charles P. Lucas, K.C.B., K..C.M.G., Messrs. A. Fothringham 

 Lysons, David Mackie, C. A. McKerrow, R. D. Douglas McLean, A- Staines Manders, 

 John R. Marsh, E. L. Martin, Roland L. Michell, C.M.G., E. g. IJ. Miija, J. Saxon Mills, 

 Whitney Mockridge, A. Moor-Radford, Ben H. Morgan, Sii- Daniel Morri§, K.C.M-G., 

 D.C.L., D.Sc, Messrs. J. Munford, S. G. Nelson, Arthur- P. Newton, G. H. Pack, A. L. 

 Paliologus, Dr. G. R. Parkin, C.M.G., Captah^i F. Southwell Piper, Mr. W. F. Piper, 

 Colonel D. G. Pitcher, Messrs. T. G. Pleydell, A. P. Poley, J. E. Pounds, Ellis T. Powell, 

 LL.B., B.Sc, Colonel H. E. Rawson, C.B., Lt.-Coloiiel W. T. Reay, Robert Reid, Major- 

 G^neral C. W. Robinson, C.B., Mr. W. J. Roper, Captain J. F. Ruthven, Mr. E. T. 

 Soammell, Rev. J. M. Schulhof, Captain G. SJ^ack, Messrs. J. D. Small, P. Baldwin 

 Scoith, Captain E. Moffat Soames, Mr. H. 0. Soutter, Hon. Sir Johji W. Taverner, 

 K.C.M.G., Messrs. S. E. Tench, C. Neumann Thomas, A. B. Tucker, E. H. Tuinbuil, 

 A. van Someren, Edward Wakefield, Frank Walker, T. A. Wall, George G White, Peter 

 F. Wood, Evelyn Wrench, Lt.-General E. A. Wylde, Sir Harry Wilson, K.C.M.G. 

 (Honorary Secretary). 



The notice convening the Meeting was read by the Honoraiy Secretary. 

 The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were rea,d and confirmed. 

 ■ The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts were taken as read. 



ANNUAL REPOR'j:. 



1. The Council, in presenting their Forty-sixth Annual Report, beg to congratulate 

 the Fellows that the Membership has reached 10,000 for the first time in the history 

 of the Institute. (See the Diagram on p. 338.) 



The Council deplore the events that led to war with Germany, despite the efforts 

 of diplomacy to prevent it. They note with the greatest satisfaction, hut without 

 surprise, the prompt and enthusiastic co-operation of the Dominions and Dependencies, 

 as well as of British-born subjects from all parts of the world, with the Mother 

 Country in this great crisis. Representative Contingents are on active service with 



