PREFACE, 
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HE position of the Institute and its work during the 
past Session are so fully stated in the Report read 
at the Annual Meeting of the Institute held at the House 
of the Society of Arts on June 10th last, that it seems 
unnecessary for me to add anything further. The contents 
of this Volume of the Transactions will probably be found 
of not less interest and importance than those of any of 
the preceding volumes. 
EpWARD HULL, 
Secretary and Editor. 
September 23rd, 1901. 
