THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE 



VICTORIA INSTITUTE 



WAS HELD TX COMMITTEE ROOM B, THE CENTRAL HALL, 

 WEST]\nXSTER, ON MONDAY, MARCH ITtii, 1919, 

 AT 3.30 P.M. 



Lieut. -Col. G. Mackinlay, Vice-President, 

 TOOK THE Chair. 



The Minutes of the Last Annual General Meeting held on March 18th, 

 1918, were read and confirmed. 



The Secretary read the notice calling the Meeting. The Report and 

 Statement of Accounts, presented by the Council, having been circulated 

 among the Members present, were taken as read. 



Lt.-Col. Mackinlay said : — The Victoria Institute has passed 

 through a critical time during the war, but we have, thank God, 

 been enabled to continue ; the papers read during the past year 

 have been quite up to the usual high standard, and they have been 

 well attended. 



It is true that a good many members have had to leave us from 

 financial reasons, and our volume has shrunk to smaller dimensions 

 on account of the great increase in the price of printing and binding ; 

 but now that peace is within measurable distance we may well hope 

 for more prosperous times, and for the return of many members 

 and associates. 



Since the Armistice was declared we have had a small increase in 

 membership, instead of the steady decrease during the years of 

 war and stress. The financial outlook has brightened, because since 

 the end of the year 1918, which we are now considering, we have 

 started a special fund, which has been generously responded to ; 

 already we have received £300 out of the £500 needed. 



