4 ANNUAL MEETING. 



5. TJie Gunning Fund. 



The mode of disposing of the interest of the " Gunning 

 Fund," was finally determined upon at a Meeting of the 

 Council, by a resolution dated December 9, 1901, in 

 accordance with the wishes expressed by the generous 

 donor. The amount of interest accruing, which up to the 

 end of last year went towards the augmentation of the 

 funds of the Institute, is now being reserved for the 

 triennial prize.* 



Special. — The Council desires to urge the great import- 

 ance of all subscriptions being remitted during the first half 

 of the year (Bye-law III, 3 and 4). Adherence to this rule 

 Avill facilitate the work of the Institute, and help towards 

 removing any cause of anxiety to the Council. Forms for 

 paying the subscriptions through a banker are used by a 

 large number of Members and Associates, and may be had 

 at the office. 



6. MEETINGS. 



The meetings of the Institute have been generally well 

 attended, and the subjects dealt with have been of a varied 

 character, as will be seen by the following classification : — 



1. History. 



1. "Iceland: its History and Inhabitants." By Herr Jon Stefansson. 



2. " Procopius's African Monument of Joshua's Conquest of Canaan." 



Narrative of a Visit to the Site. By Martin L. Eouse, Esq. 



2. Zoology. 



1. "Locusts and Grasshoppers, with special reference to Biblical 

 Species." By the Eev. F. A. Walker. D.D. 



3. Geology. 



1. "The Preparation of the Earth for Man's Abode." By Professor 



J. Logan Lobley, F.G.S. 



2. "Artesian Water in the State of Queensland, Australia." By 



E. Logan Jack, LL.D., F.G.S. 



3. " The Physical History of the Norwegian Fjords." By Professor 



Edward Hull, LL.D., F.E.S. 



4. "The Physical History of the New Zealand Fjords." By J. 



Malcolm Maclaren, Esq., F.G.S. 



■* The information regarding the fund founded by His Excellency th e 

 late Eobert Halliday Gunning, will be found in Vol. XXXIII, p. G. 

 The triennial prize will be competed for after the close of the year 1904. 



