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ICTOEIA INSTITUTE, 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



HELD AT THE HOUSE OP THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 



Monday, June 25, 1883. 



Sir H. Barklt, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Sir H. Barkly, G.C.M.G. — In consequence of our valued President, 

 Lord Shaftesbury, being detained by business of a very important character 

 at the House of Lords, I have been asked to preside at our Annual Meeting. 

 I will not detain you by any remarks, but will ask the Honorary Secretary 

 to read the report. 



Capt. F. Petrie then read the following Report : — 



Progress of the Institute. 



1. In presenting the Seventeenth Annual Report, the 

 Council desires to state that, in spite of those adverse 

 influences affecting all Societies, the Institute's progress at 

 home and abroad continues to be very satisfactory. The 

 number of new American members joining does not diminish, 

 although the Institute's American offshoot (which is an inde- 

 pendent Society) is rapidly advancing. In Australia and 

 South Africa a system of corresponding local secretaries has 

 worked well, and will be extended. 



As regards the Institute's Philosophical and Scientific 

 Investigations, an increasing number of home and foreign 

 Members and friends now contribute to enhance their vahie^ 



VOL. XVIII. li 



