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ANNUAL EEPORT. 



*' The Significance of the Geography of Palestine." By General Sir 



Charles Wabren, G.C.M.G., F.R.S. 

 " The Witness of Philology to the Truth of the Old Testament." By 



the Rev. J. Iverach Mtjnro, M. A. 

 *' The Pre-requisites of a Christian Philosophy." By the Rev. A. R. 



Whately, D.D. 



" The Emphasis of St. Luke." By Lieut. -Colonel G. Mackinlay. 

 "The Relations between Science and Rehgion as affected by the 



Work of the last Fifty Years." By the Very Rev. H. Wace, D.D., 



Dean of Canterbury. 

 Annual Address : " The Distances of the Stars." By Sir Frank W. 



Dyson, M.A., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. 

 " Prehistoric Man : His Antiquity and Characteristics." By William 



Dale, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S. (Illustrated by lantern slides.) 

 " The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuch." By the Rev. A. H. Finn. 



The difficulties of the year in regard to paper and the work of 

 printing and binding have been great, as everyone knows. It 

 has not been possible to keep the size of the Journal down to 

 the Umits reached last year, and it was issued somewhat later 

 than usual, viz., in the middle of December. 



As the financial position created by the War calls for every 

 possible economy in expenditure, the methods adopted last year 

 for reducing the space required have been repeated and re- 

 inforced by the omission of the List of Members, Associates, etc. 



The following is the List of the Council and Officers for the 

 year 1917 :— 



Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. L. Geary, R.A., K.C.B. 



Rev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M. A. 



Very Rev. H. Wace, D.D., Dean of Canterbm-y {Trustee). 



Rev. Prebendary H. E. Fox, M.A. 



Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay. 



Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.I. E., D.C.L., F.R.S. 



3. The Journal of Transactiotis. 



4. Council and Officers. 



The Right Honourable the Earl of Halsbury, M.A., D.C.L., F.K.S. 



Honorary Coujespoubcuts. 



Professor E. Naville, Ph.D. (Geneva). 

 Professor A. H. Sayce, D.D., LL.D. 

 Professor Warren Upham, D.Sc. 



His Excellency Herr Fridtjof Nansen, D.Sc. 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



IJonorarg glubitors. 



H. Lance Gray, Esq. 



George Avenell, Esq. 



