PREFACE. XI 



To all who have taken part iii the work done the best 

 thanks of the Members and Associates are due ; they have 

 contributed to make the Journal, not a mere record of the 

 formal proceedings of meetings, but of the well-considered 

 opinions of the many both at home and abroad who have 

 studied the subjects taken up. 



FEANCIS W. H. PETEJE, Capt., 



Hon. Sec. and Editor. 

 September, 1898. 



