10 . ANNUAL MEETING. 



APPENDIX. 



Tlie Gunning Fund. 



This fund was founded by His Excellency Robert Halliday 

 Gunning, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E., etc., created in 1888 a Grand 

 Dignitary of the Empire of Brazil, and permitted by Her Majesty 

 the Queen to use the title of "Excellency" so conferred in the 

 United Kingdom. It consists of a capital sum of five hundred 

 pounds, the interest now paid on which (4 per cent.) is used in 

 furthering the work of the Institute. 



' The Special Fund. 



This fund was initiated several years ago by some Home and 

 Colonial members, who, impressed with the value and usefulness 

 of the papers and discussions of the Victoi-ia Institute, desired 

 that they might be more widely circulated not only at home but 

 in the Colonies and India, where the want of such literature was, 

 and is still, very greatly felt. It was suppoi'ted by many members, 

 and the Council decided that it might be contributed to by the 

 general public. The fund is still open, as the need for it has now, 

 1898, increased. 



" The People's Edition " of twelve papers — those being chosen 

 which were written in such a style that they might be com- 

 prehended by the general public — reprinted from the Journal of 

 Transactions, is now widely circulated and sold. (This effort on 

 the pai't of the Institute first attracted public attention to the 

 need and importance of publications of this nature.) 



The People's Edition is still maintained. 



EORM 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 sum 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. 



