ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Council. 



(In Order of Election.) 



Rev. Principal James H. Rigg, D.D. 

 Maj. Kingsley O. Foster, J. P., F.R.A.S. 

 D. Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S., F.I.C., f.c. 

 (Trustee). 



Rev. Dr. F. W. Tremlett, D.D., D.C.L., Ph.D 

 Very Rev. Dean Wace, D.D. (Trustee). 

 Kev. Chancellor J. J. Lias, M.A. 

 Capt. E. W. Creak, C.R., R.N., F.R.S. 

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

 General Halliday. 

 Rev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S. 

 Lieut. -Colonel Mackinlay, late R.A. 



Colonel T. Holbein 



Theo.G. Finches. Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S. 

 Ven. Archdeacon W. M. Sinclair, M.A., D.D. 

 Gerard Smith, Esq., M.R.C.S. 

 Commander G. P. Heath, R.N. 

 Rev. Canon Tristram, M.A., D.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. 



Rev. G. F. Whidborne, M.A., F.G.S., F.R.G.S. 

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

 Walter Kidd, Esq., M.D., F.Z.S. 

 Edward Stanley M. Perowne, Esq. 

 Martin Luther Rouse, Esq., B.L 

 Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, M.A., F.G.S. 

 Hendley, CLE. 



5. Deaths. 



The Council regret to have to record the death during the 

 past year of the following supporters of the Institute : — 



Colonel W. M. C. Acton, Major-General H. Aylmer, W. A. Browne, 

 Esq., LL.D., Rev. Henry Brass, M.A., Bight Rev. J. W. Bardsley, D.D., 

 Bishop of Carlisle, Sir Mark W. Collet, D.L., F. H. Crozier, Esq., Colonel 

 P. D. Marett, R.A., Captain A. Seton, R.A., The Ven. Archdeacon 

 A. Stock, B.D., Julian Sturgis, Esq., Rev. M. T. Spencer, M.A., 

 Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., F.L.S., for many years a valued member of the 

 Council, Rev. H. M. Webb-Peploe, M. A., The Right Hon. Lord Wynford, 

 William Miller, Esq., Dr. Thomas Chaplin, member of the Council. 



The Gunning Prize. — The Council are now able to announce 

 the terms on which the award of the prize, arising from the 

 interest of the sum of £500 left by His Excellency the late 

 Dr. Gunning to the Institute. This prize, of the value of £40, 

 is open for competition to all persons who shall have become 

 members or associates within three months from the present 

 date and whose subscriptions are not in arrear. It is to take 

 the form of an essay, the subject for this year being, " The 

 bearing of recent Oriental Discoveries on Old Testament 

 History." A paper containing information regarding the rules 

 and needful directions for the competition will be sent out 

 immediately. The date for the reception of the competing 

 essays is the loth October next. The limit of the essay is 

 fixed at about thirty pages of the type and size of the 

 Journal. 



6. MEETINGS. 



The subjects dealt with at the ordinary meetings during the 

 past session may be arranged under the following heads : — 



