JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
OR 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF CHEAT BRITAIN. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 
Tuesday, June 8, 1880. 
The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.C., in the Chair. 
Capt. F. Petrie read the following Report: — 
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Council 
of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society 
of Great Britain. 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Fourteenth Annual Report, the 
Council desires to state that the progress of the Institute 
during the past year — although somewhat affected by those 
adverse influences which are still felt by nearly every 
interest and society — has been very encouraging ; the number 
of new supporters has slightly increased, and during a 
second year nearly one- third have been Indian and Colonial 
Members, thus proving that the usefulness of the Society is 
already felt by those living beyond the limits of the United 
VOL. xv. b 
