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accept the further volumes of the Transactions of the Victoria 

 Institute/* 



The Presidency, vacant through the death of the late Earl 

 of Shaftesbury, K.G., has been accepted by Professor G. G. 

 Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., President of the Royal Society. 

 Under his leadership the Institute cannot fail to still further 

 combine men of Science in carrying out its objects, and thus 

 to add to the importance and the solidity of the work done. 



FRANCIS W. H. PETRIE, Capt., 



Hon. Sec. and Editor. 



December 31, 1886. 



