6 ANNUAL MEETING. 



Monday, June 15. — "The Geology of Herodotus, to what extent is it 



shown to be reliable by recent Egyptian Eesearch," by the Eev. F. A. 



Walker, D.D., F.L.S., followed by important remarks bj'^ Sir J. 



William Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.E.S. 

 Wednesday, July 15. — The Annual Meeting ("Address referring to the 



Eontgen Eays," by the President, Sir G. Gabriel Stokes, Bart., 



F.E.S.) 



Publications. 



The twenty-eighth volume of the Transactions has now 

 been issued, and the variety and importance of the subjects 

 considered has already attracted special notice. A delay 

 in the issue of the v^olume was taken advantage of to- 

 ensure that the contents should be reconsidered by authors 

 up to the time of publication, important matters in both, 

 papers and discussions being added. 



We last year noted that from time to time members of the 

 Institute and others have expressed their high sense of the 

 value of the Transactions of the Institute, inasmuch as they 

 contained, not the opinions of any one person only, hut of manyy 

 resident in A'-arious and even distant parts of the world, 

 whose studies had lain in the direction of the subjects taken 

 up. That a system like this carried on by a competent body 

 or Society gives a value to the treatment of the several 

 subjects beyond that which any individual author could give 

 is evident. 



Extension of the Usefulness of the Institute. 



Not many years ago the issue of the Annual A^'olume was 

 considered to complete the work of the Institute, but of late 

 the wish to make further use of the valuable matter it 

 contains has resulted in the following operations which the 

 Council has sought to encourage, and hopes to see more 

 generally adopted : — 



First — Members and Associates, at home, in India, North 

 and South America, Australasia, and elsewhere, make use of 

 the papers in the Journal as lectures, or as the basis of such, 

 in their localities ; (often corresponding with the Institute in 

 regard to information and special help in the preparation 

 of such lectures): excellent results have followed the 

 adoption of this system. 



Secondly — Many Members and Associates secure the 

 translation and circulation of portions of the Journal in the 

 various countries in which they are resident. Such transla- 

 tions have been made in many countries of Europe, South 



