'THE 
JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF AKTS, 
Thursday, June 30th, 1881. 
The Eight Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G-., in the Chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Capt. F. Petrie, read the following Keport:— 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Fifteenth Annual Report, the 
Council desires to congratulate the members and associates on 
the continued progress of the Institute, especially abroad ; * 
this is due, in no small degree, to the increasing personal 
interest taken in its welfare by its supporters, and has enabled 
it, in spite of those adverse influences which have affected 
every interest, to increase its area of usefulness at a time 
when it was especially needful to do so. 
The Institute’s steady progress has led to the adherence of 
several scientific men of the first rank, who are now joining 
in its work. The importance of this fact cannot be 
over-estimated, as the Institute’s power to accomplish its 
objects, and the respect in which its transactions are held 
* For nearly two years about one half of those joining have been foreign 
supporters. 
VOL. XVI. 
B 
