THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE 



VICTORIA INSTITUTE 



WAS HELD IN COMMITTEE ROOM B, THE CENTRAL HALL, 

 WESTMINSTER, ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1916, 

 AT 4 O'CLOCK. 



David Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S., Vice-President, took the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the Last Annual General Meeting, held on 

 February 15th, 1915, were read and confirmed. 



The Secretary read the Notice calling the Meeting, and the 

 Report and Statement of Accounts, presented lyy the Council, having 

 been circulated among the Members present, were taken as read. 



Mr. E. J. Sewell moved — 



" That the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year 

 1915, presented by the Council, be received and adopted, and 

 that the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Council, Officers 

 and Auditors, for their efficient conduct of the business of 

 the Victoria Institute during the past year." 



Mr. E. J. Sewell, in proposing the above resolution, desired to 

 call attention to what was said in the Report about the full 

 attendance at the meetings, as well as the discussions which 

 followed them, which were both very encouraging. He also drew 

 attention to the falling off in membership, and consequently in 

 subscriptions, which the Victoria Institute, like many other societies, 

 was experiencing. The Council were making every effort in their 

 power to economize in expenditure. Among other steps in this 

 direction they had resolved to refrain for the present from printing 

 the papers read so as to circulate them before the meeting. Though 

 this would save a sum which could not be neglected, he felt that the 



