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does to much earnest work on their part. The Council trusts the 
increase will be maintained. 
With regard to the Association Members, there is, again, a 
small increase, and the Council can only express a hope, over 
and over again expressed, that this list will extend with greater 
rapidity than it has hitherto done. If this could be accomplished, 
much more important results might be obtained. 
THE TRANSACTIONS 
Have been enlarged from 114 pages in Part XIII. to 194 pages in 
Part XIV. Many new features have been introduced, and these 
might be almost indefinitely extended were the demand greater. 
The Council would be glad if the Local Societies could hit upon 
some plan by which this desirable end could be obtained. If 
each Local Society would briefly state on its Annual Programme, 
that the Zransactions are published annually, at a cost to Members 
of 1/- each, also that all the Back Numbers are still in Stock, 
this might greatly decrease an ever increasing Surplus Stock, and 
thus tend much to the prosperity of the Association. 
As it is, each Local Society, by Rule 8, is “ entitled to recom- 
mend one original and local paper communicated to such Society 
for publication in the Z7ansactions of the Association, but Societies 
contributing a capitation grant on a number of Members exceeding 
150 Members shall have the privilege of sending two papers.” 
In addition to this (Resolution, Council Meeting, May, 25th, 
1886) “When any affiliated Society would like papers printed 
other than those in accordance with Rule 8, abstracts of the same 
can be inserted, subject in each case to the decision of the 
Council.” Thus, even though a Society has not any paper for 
publication i extenso, still a summary or abstract of other papers 
may be published. 
