JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
OR 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. 
Mownpay, 4TH Jung, 1888, 
The President, Sir Gorge Gaprien Stokes, Barr., M.P., D.C.L., P.R.S. 
IN THE CHAIR. 
Captain Francis Petrik, Hon. Sec., read the following Report :— 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Twentry-Ssconp Annuat Rerort, the 
Council is glad to be able to state that the progress of the 
Institute continues, and that increasing interest in its objects 
is evinced both at home and abroad. During the past year 
Her Majesty has very graciously accepted an Address from 
the Institute,* accompanied by its latest volumes. 
2. The steady support of the Institute’s Members continues, 
and has been of the utmost value in giving solidity to the 
Institute, in strengthening its working, and in causing 
many who might otherwise not have joined or aided in its 
work, to do so. Attention is called to this, as the future of 
the Institute so much depends upon the use made of present 
opportunities. 
* See Preface, Volume XXI, 
VOL. XXIII. B 
