JOURNAL OF THE TRAxNS ACTIONS 



OF THE 



VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 



OR 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 

 MONDAY, AUGUST L, 1892. 



Sir Joseph Fayrer, M.D., K.C.S.I., F.E.S., Vice-President. 

 IN THE Chair. 



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

 Report :— 



Progress of the Institute* 



In presenting the Twenty-Sixth Annual Eeport, the Council 

 is able to record tlie continued steady progress of the 

 Institute both at home and abroad; this a subject for 

 special congratulation, considering the severe losses the 

 Institute has sustained in the extraordinary number of 

 deaths among its active Members,* as well as those adverse 

 influences which have affected every class and interest, not 

 only at home but in several of the colonies. 



The increasing interest taken in the Institute's welfare both 



* 103 during the influenza epidemic. 



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