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C O M M E M O RATI ON M EETING. 



The Chairman : I will now ask the Secretary to read a letter 

 from the Dean of Canterbury. 



The Secretary : I am sorry to say that after the cards and 

 notices of this meeting had been printed and to some extent circu- 

 lated, I received the following letter from the Dean of Canter- 

 bury :— 



The Deanery, 



Canterbury, 



Mai) mh, 1916. 



Dear Mr. Maunder, 



I am sorry to say that it will not be possible for me to give 

 the paper that I am engaged to read at the Victoria Institute 

 next week. This morning I had a fall, and have broken my 

 right arm, and I shall be laid aside for at least two or three 

 weeks. I cannot send you the manuscript, for it is not yet 

 ready, and I must reluctantly leave it to you and the Council 

 to make such arrangements for next week as you think fit. 

 Please express my deep regret to the Council, for I had looked 

 forward to the pleasure of helping to celebrate the Jubilee. I 

 should be happy to furnish the paper at some later date, but I 

 can do nothing for the observance of the Jubilee. 



Believe me, 



Very truly yours, 



H. Wace. 

 (Per M. S.) 



Then on Tuesday morning I received a letter from the Countess of 

 Halsbury, informing the Council that Lord Haisbury was suffering 

 from an attack of influenza, and was confined to his room, so that 

 he would be unable to be present this afternoon. In these circum- 

 stances some of the principal members of the Council have prepared 

 a series of short addresses relating to the work and objects of the 

 Institute, which will be delivered this afternoon, and our Vice- 

 President, Mr. Howard, has kindly consented to take the chair in 

 Lord Halsbury's absence. 



The Chairman : Ladies and gentlemen, it has not unfrequently 

 fallen to my lot to act as a sort of simulacrum of somebody very 

 much more important. 1 do not venture to represent Lord Halsbury. 



