ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 
Monday, June 7th, 1875. 
The Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., 
President, in the Chair. 
The Honorary Secretary, Capt. F. Petrie, read the following 
report : — 
NINTE ANNUAL REPORT of the Council of the 
Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of 
Great Britain. 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Ninth Annual Report, the Council 
desires to congratulate the Members and Associates on the 
general improvement which has taken place as regards the 
progress of the Society, which progress the Council has 
always felt rested, in no small degree, with the Members and 
Associates themselves ; and this feeling has certainly become 
very general in the Institute, and has contributed to the firm- 
ness of that support which all have given, and which has tended 
not only to the Institute’s strength and stability, but to in- 
crease public confidence in it. During the past year the number 
of new Members and Associates joining has been greater 
than in any previous year. The increase in the number 
of foreign and colonial Members has been very marked of 
late. 
2. The election of the Vice-Presidents and Council has been 
carried out in accordance with the proposition agreed to at the 
last Annual Meeting ; namely, by voting lists being forwarded 
to the members. The following have been elected : — 
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President. — The Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. 
Vice-Presidents. 
Philip Henry Gosse, Esq., F.R.S. 
Charles Brooke, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. , P.R.M.S., &c. 
Rev. Robinson Thornton, D.D. C. B. Radcliffe, Esq., M.D., &o, 
W. Forsyth, Esq., Q.C., LL.D., M.P. Roy. Principal T. P. Boultbke, LL.D. 
Hon. Treasurer.— William Nowell West, Esq. 
Hon. See. and Editor of Journal. — Capt. F. W. H. Petrie, F.G.S., F.R.S.L., &c. 
Hon. Foreign Secretary. — Edward J. Mobshead, Esq., H.M.C.S, 
