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regular meetings by reason of these programmes and also towards each 

 phase of Institute work. 



From August 1st, 1911, to August 1st, 1912, I wrote Institute letters, 

 not counting the correspondence with tha Secretary OL the Board. I regret 

 that, owing to ill health, I was obliged to lay aside active work on the 1st 

 of May, and go away for a rest. While away I visited an Institute at 

 Lakefield, Ont., and one at Dunham, Province of Quebec, besides a Home 

 Economics meeting at the St. Johnsburg, Vermont, Woman's Club. They 

 were pleased to hear of Women's Institute work in B.C., and sent greetings 

 back to our Sister Societies here. 



I also visited the Macdonald College at Ste. Anne, near Montreal, 

 and spent a week visiting the different classes of Domestic Science. I hope 

 that our Board may be instrumental in having such a splendid Institution 

 started in our own fair Province where our girls may gain practical, useful 

 and often sorely needed training to fit them for the best homemakers. 



Respectfully submitted, 



MARY S. DAVIES. 



OKANAGAN DISTRICT. 



Mrs. Lipsett's Report. 



Summerland, B.C., August 19th, 1912. 

 Wm. E. Scott, Esq., 



Superintendent of. Institutes, Victoria, B.C. 



Sir, I beg t o present my annual report of work done among Women's 

 Institutes of the Okanagan District for 1911 and 1912. 



There are three Institutes in this district, at Salmon Arm, Summer- 

 land and Tenticton.. I met with the ladies of the Salmon Arm Institute 

 in the latter part of August, 1911, and found them very enthusiastic in 

 their work. 



The Secretary reports a membership of 48. They had been hampered 

 very much by a lack of matter on the subjects taken up. This will be 

 overcome by the suggested help sent out by the Department. Their year's 

 work has -given the ladies a great deal of useful information as well as 

 pleasant recreation, and all consider the Institute a boon both to the 

 family and the community. 



The Farmers' and Women's Institutes work together in getting up 

 socials and entertainments. The women always take the first part of 

 the entertainment, and thus their work is brought prominently before 

 the public. They have found this method a success both socially and 

 financially. 



The Institute gave $50.00 towards the building of an Agricultural 

 Hall. When completed the ladies will have a room for meetings, demon- 

 strations, etc. Several papers had been read at the meetings. Two 

 "Economy in the Home" and "Hospitality," with a few original recipes, 

 I forwarded to the Secretary of the Advisory Board. 



