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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Bishop Thornton moved the first Resolution : — 



That the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year 

 1916 herewith submitted be adopted, and that the thanks of 

 the meeting be tendered to the Council, officers, and auditors 

 for the efficient manner in which they have carried on the 

 affairs of the Institute during the past year. 



As an old member of the Institute, I think I voice the feeling of 

 the Members and Associates when I say we have confidence in the 

 Council and officers, and are very thankful indeed to feel that the 

 valuable work of the Victoria Institute during this last year of strain 

 and stress has been carried on so vigorously. The Institute is mani- 

 festly going strong, and we are thankful to the Council and officers 

 for carrying on the work so efficiently. 



The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Canon E. A. Chichester, 

 and agreed to. 



Mr. Norman Holmes moved the following resolution : — 



That Lieut.-Col. M. A. Alves, late R.E., Alfred William 

 Oke, Esq., B.A., LL.M., the Rev. D. S. Margoliouth, D.Litt., 

 Laudian Professor of Arabic, Oxford, R. W. Dibdin, Esq., 

 F.R.G.S., Joseph Graham, Esq., the Rev. Chancellor Lias,M. A., 

 and T. G. Pinches, Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S., the retiring 

 members of the Council, be re-elected ; and that H. Lance 

 Gray, Esq., and E. W. Maunder, Esq., F.R.A.S., be elected on 

 the Council. Also that the Rev. Prebendary H. E. Fox, M.A., 

 and Lieut.-Col. G. Mackinlay be elected vice-presidents in the 

 place of the late General Halliday and the late David 

 Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S. Also that Dr. J. W. Thirtle be 

 appointed Editor, Mr. E. J. Sewell, Secretary for General 

 Purposes, and Mr. E. AValter Maunder, Lecture Secretary. 



The resolution was seconded by Miss Morier and carried. 



The Rev. H. J. R. Marston, M.A., moved that the three following 

 gentlemen be elected as Trustees of the Victoria Institute : 

 Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., F.L.S., J.P. (Hon. Treasurer), Alfred 

 William Oke, Esq.. B.A., LL.M., and the Dean of Canterbury. 



Dr. ScHOFiELD seconded the resolution, and it was carried. 



