VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 



REPOKT OF THE COUNCIL FOE THE YEAH 1914. 

 Bead at the Annual General Meeting, February 15th, 1915. 



1. Progress of the Inst itute. 



The Council, in presenting to the Members the Forty-sixth 

 Annual Report, have pleasure in drawing attention to the 

 increased attendances at the Meetings held during the year. 

 Indeed this was so markedly the case that six of the Meetings 

 were held in the large Hall of the Society of Arts, and even 

 there the crowding was sometimes inconvenient. This crowding 

 was very marked in the five Meetings held in the rooms of the 

 Institute. 



2. Removal to New Premises. 



The Council therefore felt that it was a matter of some 

 urgency to make more suitable arrangements, and after con- 

 siderable search found an office vacant in 1, Central Buildings, 

 Westminster, where Halls of any required capacity for the 

 Meetings could be hired as needed in the same building. The 

 Office, though smaller than that recently rented in Adelphi 

 Terrace House, is large enough for Council Meetings and for the 

 ordinary purposes of Office and Library ; and the position is 

 central, easy of access, and well known. The lease of the 

 rooms in Adelphi Terrace House was not due to expire until 

 Midsummer 1915, but after some negotiation a new tenant was 

 found to whom a fresh lease was accorded by the owners, and 

 the removal of the Institute to its new premises was effected 

 on September 1st. The Council express the hope that this 

 change will be acceptable to all the Members and Associates, 

 and that it may tend to the increased usefulness and prosperity 

 of the Institute. 



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