ANNUAL REPORT, 1915 
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ANNUAL REPORT, 1915. 
It is satisfactory to be able to report that there has not 
been any further considerable falling off in members during 
the year owing to the War. 
The actual number of members on the roll on Decem- 
ber 81 was 108 against 116 on December 31, 1914, a loss 
of 8. 
Despite this, however, it would have been impossible to 
have retained the services of the Curator for another year had 
not Captain W. N. McMillan most generously come to the 
Society’s assistance with an offer to pay the salary of the 
Curator for the ensuing year, which was gratefully accepted 
by the Committee. 
This is the second munificent gift the Society will have 
received from Captain McMillan. 
The work accomplished in the Museum during the year 
by the Curator, Mr. Loveridge, has been exceptionally good, 
as a visit to the Museum or a perusal of his report will show. 
Mr. Loveridge volunteered for active service and left for the 
front on December 27. Fortunately the Committee was able 
to obtain the services of Mr. H. J. Allen Turner (who is unfit 
for active service) to take up his duties. Mr. Loveridge and 
he have come to an arrangement regarding remuneration 
whereby the Society is not involved in any more expenditure 
than would have been incurred had Mr. Loveridge remained 
at the Museum. 
The manuscript for Journal No. 9 was sent to the publishers, 
Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co., in April, 1915, but so far no 
copies have been received. The delay in printing is explained 
by the rush of war work and the shortage of staff occasioned 
by the War. The manuscript for Journal No. 10 is almost 
completed and will be sent home shortly. 
An Illustration Fund has been opened on the initiative of 
Dr. Van Someren, which it is hoped may attain such propor- 
tions as will enable the Editor of the Journal to increase the 
number of illustrations in subsequent issues. 
