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seemed to render action in the matter inopportune. The desire of 

 the Council to carry into effect to the utmost of its ability the clearly 

 understood wishes, or fully declared policy of the Society will not, it 

 is hoped, be doubted. The Council feel at the same time that a mere 

 formal discharge of any duty committed to them does not fully meet 

 their responsibilities, or do justice to the relation they sustain to the 

 Society; and they venture to believe that the Society will put the best 

 construction on any postponement of action, coupled with request, as in 

 this case, for further instructions, which they may at any time consider 

 to be in the interest of the Society or of the object or objects at which 

 it may be aiming. 



IX. — The Seal and Diploma of the Society. 



The committee appointed to consider the above subject has pre- 

 sented a design for the seal, which has been approved by Council and 

 the drawing will be exhibited at the Annual Meeting. A motto has also 

 been selected and the matter is now submitted for final decision by the 

 Society. 



X. — Commemoration of One Hundred Years op Peace. 



The attention of the Society is drawn to the commemoration of one 

 hundred years of peace between Great Britain and the United States. 

 Several Fellows of the Society are members of the General Committee 

 and have attended the meetings called by those interested in the pro- 

 posed celebrations. It is thought desirable that the Fellows should 

 take an interest in the project and, if occasion offers, that the Society 

 should be properly represented at any public fimctions which may be 

 carried out upon the one-hundredth anniversary. 



XI. — Lister Memorial Fund. 



A circular has been received from the Honorary Secretary of this 

 fund. Sir John Rose Bradford, K.C.M.G., calling the attention of the 

 Society to the proposed memorial to the late Lord Lister. The circular 

 states that: "It is proposed that the Memorial should be of a threefold 

 character, and consist of (1) a simple marble medallion bearing a sculp- 

 tured ])ortrait of Lord Lister to be placed in Westminster Abbey among 

 the monuments of the nation's illustrious dead; (2) a larger and more 

 conspicuous monument to be erected in some public place in London, 

 the city wherein he lived and worked; (3) if funds sufficient shall be 

 obtained, the founding of un International Memorial Fund fioni whicli 



