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ANNUAL MEETING. 



the wisli to make further use of the valuable matter it 

 contains has resulted in the following operations which the 

 Council has sought to encourage, and hopes to see more 

 generally adopted. 



First — Members and Associates, at home, in India, North 

 and South America, Australasia, and elsewhere, make use of 

 the papers in the Journal as Lectures, or as the basis of such, 

 in their several localities (often corresponding v/ith the 

 Institute in regard to the preparation of such lectures) : 

 excellent results have followed the adoption of this system. 



Secondly — Many Members and Associates secure the 

 translation and circ ulation of portions of the Journal in the 

 various countries in which they are resident. Such transla- 

 tions have been made in many coimtries of Europe, South 

 America, and India; and now from China the importance 

 of securing translations has been strongly urged. 



Thirdly — Many home, foreign, and colonial public libraries 

 and institutions are regular purchasers of the Journal, and 

 Members and Associates have sought to encouiage this 

 practice in their respective localities. The need of so doing 

 has been pointed out by many, since it is by my means 

 unusual, especially in the Colonies, to find in public libraries 

 books arguing that Science and Revelation are at variance. 

 The Journal of the Institute has been spoken of as specially 

 suited as a corrective to such erroneous views. 



77ie Special Fund, 



This fund has been founded to ad^'ance the influence of 

 the Institute, and to forward the circulation of 



The People's Edition : — This consists of twelve papers — 

 written by men of eminence in such a style that they may be 

 comprehended by all— reprinted from the Journal of Trans- 

 actions. The edition was started by some embers in the 

 year 1873, and first attracted attention in other quarters to 

 the importance and need of woiks of the kind. The 

 pamphlets often contain the objections and criticisms brought 

 forward in discussing the subjects, as many home and foreign 

 correspondents have urged tlie value of including these. 

 They are published in neat covers, and are sold at a nominal 

 price (sixpence) by the Institute's orgmisation of liookseller 

 agents, and single copies are supplied gratuitou4y or at cost 

 price, at the office, to all individual lecturers against infidelity, 



