MEETING. 1} 
mitted to the meeting, I may say that Iam sure all present have 
heard with great pleasure the Report read by the Honorary 
Secretary. The Institute is now established on a firm, sure, and 
solid foundation, the number of our members has been largely 
increased, and the papers read before the Institute continue to 
retain all their former value and importance. I was very glad to 
see in the last volume issued by the Institute that among the papers 
which have been contributed were two,—one by my old and valued 
colleague, Professor Hull, and the other by Professor Hughes, of 
Cambridge,—both of them men well capable, from long experience, 
of discussing the subjects on which they have written. I hope we 
shall see many more such papers from them, and I trust that the 
circulation of the volumes of our Proceedings will be still more 
augmented, not only through this country, but also in our 
Colonies, and elsewhere, wherever the English language is spoken. 
I also hope we may continue to hear of large increases, both in’ the 
number of our members and in the contributions necessary for the 
support of this Society. It isa gratifying circumstance that so far 
our course has been one of hopefulness, and our progress one of 
successful achievement. I think we may regard the future with a 
confident trust in the continued success of the efforts of the Institute, 
and that we may look forward to the time when our former efforts 
may be largely increased under the auspices of our President, whose 
calm and dispassionate judgment and extended survey over the 
vast world of science and philosophy, aided and supported as he is 
by a large and influential Council, whose names and abilities are 
recognised, and who are assisted by the constant efforts of a zealous 
and indefatigable Honorary Secretary, must result in continued 
advantage to this important and useful Society. 
The motion was then put and carried unanimously. 
Mr. D. Howarp, F.C.S.—On behalf of the Council I have to thank 
you for the vote which has just been passed. I can assure you that 
to all the members of the Council the work in which we engage is 
one in which we are at all times very deeply interested, and is a 
matter of most anxious thought. If we have succeeded in any 
appreciable measure, we are thereby most amply repaid. To take 
part in the great work which is set before us is, in itself, no slight 
privilege. I will not take up the time of the meeting by going 
over ground upon which we are all agreed in regard to the great 
importance of this Institute; but I would ask you one and all 
to be upon your guard, and to induce others to be upon their 
