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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS * 
Friday, June 14, 1872, 
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., President, 
in the Chair. 
The Honorary Secretary, Captain F. Petrie, read the following report : — 
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Council of the Victoria 
Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain. 
Progress of the Institute. 
1 . In presenting the Sixth Annual Report, the Council has 
to congratulate the Members and Associates on the marked 
improvement in the Society's position, mainly due to a con- 
siderable accession of new Members, several of whom are 
* On this occasion a numerous company assembled, among whom were 
His Grace the Archbishop of York, several Peers, Prelates, and leading 
Clergy and Laity of various denominations. Letters expressing regret at 
being unable to be present were read from the Archbishop of Canterbury 
(in consequence of the consecration of a Church), the Bishop of London (on 
account of ill-health), the Earl of Lichfield, Viscount Mahon, the Bishops of 
Chester, Gloucester and Bristol, and Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham, the 
Right Hon. Stephen Cave, M.P., the Hon. Sir R. Lush, Dean Goulburn, 
and other members. 
