JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



YICTORIA INSTITUTE, 



OR 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 



HELD AT THE HOUSE OP THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1897. 



The Presiderd, 

 Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., LL.D., Sc.D., F.E.S., 



IN the Chair. 



Captain Francis Petrie, F.G.S., &c., Hon. Sec, read the following 

 Report : — 



Progress of the Institute. 



1. In presenting the Thirty-First Annual Eeport, the Council 

 is glad to be able to state that the Institute's practical work 

 is advancing effectually and decidedly. This is mainly due 

 to two causes, the increase in the number of those in the 

 highest walks of science who co-operate with the Institute — 

 thus giving solidity to the Institute and strengthening its 

 power for work, and also to the steady support of all its 

 members and associates, who have thus strengthened the 

 hands of the Council and have made the Institute's existence 

 not only possible, but a fact. 



Last year the Council pointed out that membership of the 

 Institute was more than a mere pei'sonal advantage — for every 

 member or associate who joins, even if he be not able to give 

 active help in its proceedings, at least increases the Institute's 

 efficiency. 



Arrangtments have been perfected for enabling country, 

 colonial, and foreign members and associates to take 



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