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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 
Friday, May 31, 1878. 
The Honorary Secretary, Capt. F. Petrie, read the following 
report : — 
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Council of the 
Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society oe 
Great Britain (7, Adel/phi Terrace , London, W.C . ). 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Twelfth Annual Report, the Council 
desire to state that during the past year, both at home and 
abroad, there has been manifested an increasing interest in 
the Society : they look upon its condition as satisfactory, 
considering the unsettled condition of European affairs, the 
effect of which has been almost universally felt. Still, how- 
ever, the continued steady support of each Member and 
Associate is now no less indispensable for the Society's well- 
being than before. 
2. With the object of furthering the Society’s progress 
abroad, communications have this year been addressed to 
those leading Englishmen and Americans throughout the 
world who were considered most likely to take advantage of 
the Institute in the countries in which they reside. The cor- 
respondence lias been somewhat large, but the first results of 
this step have been very encouraging. Further communica- 
tions are now being made to ensure increased publicity for 
the objects of the Institute in the Colonies, especially those 
that have expressed the desirableness of so doing. 
The extension of the operations of the Society in America 
