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FOEM E. 



FORM OF BEQUEST. 



I give and bequeath to the Trustees or Trustee for the time 

 being of The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society 

 OF Great Britain, to be applied by them or him for the 

 purposes of the said Society, the sura of £ , 



such sum to be wholly paid out of such part of my personal 

 estate as may be lawfully applied to the purposes of charity, 

 and in priority to all other legacies. And I declare that the 

 receipt of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the 

 said Society shall be a good discharge to my Executors for the 

 said legacy. 



The Journal is arranged so as to secure its special useful- 

 ness to Country and Foreign Members and Associa,tes (who 

 form two -thirds of the Institute). 



The Journal contains the Papers read at the 

 Meetings, and the Discussions thereon. 



Before they are published in the Journal, the papers themselves 

 and the discussions, are revised and corrected by their Authors, and 

 MS. comments and supplementary remarks are added, which have been 

 sent in by those Home and Foreign Members to whom, as being specially 

 qualified to pronounce an opinion upon the respective subjects, proof copies 

 of the Papers have been submitted for consideration. These arrangements, 

 which cannot but add to the value of the Journal, are carried out with 

 a view to the advantage of all, especially Country and Foreign Members, 

 who thus find in the Journal much valuable matter, in addition to that 

 which had come before those actually present at the Meetings. 



PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTE. 



Members and Associates on 1st January, 1871, 203. Joined since.— In 

 1871, 91;-1872, 109 ;-1873, 110;-1874, 111;-1875, 115 ;-1876, 107 ;- 

 1877, 100;-1878, 101 ;-1879, 105 ;-1880, 104 ;-1881, 12^ ;-1882, 122; 

 —1883, 126;— 1884 (in 8 months— 68 Town and Country, 41 Colonial). 



