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It will be seen that the subjects selected are of wide interest 
at the present time. A very large number of the Members and 
Associates had suggested the subjects to be discussed, and 
great care was taken in their selection by the Council. 
2. Grants of Literature. 
The usual grants of literature have been made to over thirty 
societies engaged in Missionary and other Christian work, 
Many letters of thanks have been received acknowledging the 
practical use of the papers published in our Transactions. 
Missionaries and others in distant places especially have found 
much profit from the reading of our papers which deal with 
modern investigations of Philosophy and Science, especially 
those which bear upon the great truths contained in Holy 
Scripture. The Council desire to bring this aspect of the 
work prominently before the Members and Associates. 
Officers and Council. 
President. 
The Right Honourable The Earl of Halsbury, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. 
Vice- Presidents. 
Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., K.C.M.G. 
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. L. Geary, K.C.B. 
David Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S. (Trustee). 
Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, LL.D., F.G.S. 
Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
Rey. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M. A. 
Honorary Correspondents. 
Sir David Gill, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Professor E. Naville (Geneva). Professor Fridtjof Nansen, D.Se. 
Professor Maspero ( Paris). Professor Warren Upham, D.Sc. 
Professor A. H. Sayce, D.D., LL.D. Protessor F. F. Roget (Geneva). 
Honorary Auditors. 
Lieut.-Col. G. Mackinlay, late R.A. | E. J. Sewell, Esq. 
Gouncil. 
(In Order of Election.) 
Very Rev. Dean Wace, D.D. (Trustee). Professor H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc. 
Edward S. M. Perowne, Esq., F.S.A. (Hon. Rt. Rey. Bishop J. E. Welldon, D.D, 
Treasurer). Sydney T. Klein, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.A.S., 
Martin Luther Rouse, Esq., B.A., B.L. M.R.I. 
Rev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S. William J. Horner, Esq. 
Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay. Frederic S. Bishop, Esq., M.A., J.P. 
General J. G. Halliday, A. T. Schofield, Esq., M.D. 
Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., F.L.S., J.P. Heywood Smith, Esq., M.A. M.D. 
Rey. W. H. Griffith Thomas, D.D. 
