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OUR COLUMNS. 



March 21, 1891. 



©fficets of tf)e 31nstitution. 



President : Rev. R. B. Poole, M.A., D.D. 

 Vice-Presidents : 



Mr. Aid. Coombs, M.D., J.P. 

 Rev. J. CoPNEE, M.A. 

 Mr. Elger, F.R.A.S., J.P. 



Mr. G. M. T. Bates, B.A. 

 Mr. Thos. Bull, J.P. 

 Mr. Aid. CuTCLiFFE, J.P. 

 Mr. H. M. Dymock, M.A. 

 Captain Glubb. 

 Dr. G. P. Goldsmith. 

 Mr. T. Henderson, M.A. 

 Mr. J. Woodward Hill, J.P. 



Council : 



Rev. Canon Haddock, M.A. 

 Mr. Aid. George Hurst, F.S.S., J.P. 

 Mr. J. Surtees Phillpotts, M.A., 

 B.C.L. 



Mr. Rowland Hill. 

 Mr. W. H. Jackson, J.P. 

 Mr. G. E. Langley, M.A. 

 Mr. Arthur Ransom. 

 Mr. Edwin Ransom, F.R.G.S. 

 Mr. William Steward. 

 Mr. Charles Wells. 

 Rev. P. W. Wyatt, M.A. 



Hon. Secretaries : Dr. Hermann Steinmetz and Mr. George Mayes. 

 Librarian : Mr. W. Davis. 



annual 9@eetmg. 



HE Annual Meeting was held on January 29, Mr. Phillpotts, President, occupying 

 the chair, supported by the Council and a few members of the Institution : — 

 Dr. Steinmetz read the following Report of the Council : — 



Report of the Council for the Year 1890. 



The Council have much pleasure in reporting that the progress of the Society during 

 the past year has been very satisfactory. The number of all classes of subscribers has 

 materially increased, and there is every prospect of the Institution still further extending 

 its sphere of usefulness. 



Since the last Annual Meeting a step has been taken which the council believe is 

 calculated to greatly benefit the Institution. The Archaeological and Natural History 

 Society, which has existed many years side by side with our Society, has been amalgamated 

 with it, and all the valuable books, coins, and other property will now be accessible under 

 certain conditions to all the members, who will likewise have the privilege of attending 

 all the meetings and the excursions which take place during the summer months. 



It is intended early in the present year to publish at a low price a paper exclusively 

 devoted to matters relating to the Institution, which will contain reports of the meetings 

 of the Council, and of those of the Archaeological and Natural History sections, and deal 

 with questions of general interest to the members. 



About 550 volumes of books have been added to the Library during the year, besides 

 standard works replaced, and additional papers and serials have been introduced. 



The Institute is much indebted to the following gentlemen who have given lectures 

 during the year : — To Mr. N. R. Tyerman, for his lecture " A Note on Robert Browning 



