JOURNAL OF THE TEANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
OR 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 
Thursday, June 15th, 1882. 
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., in the Chair. 
The Hon. Secretary, Capt. F. Petrie, read the following Report : — 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Sixteenth Annual Report, the Council 
are glad to be able to state that, although the Institute’s progress 
at home* has been somewhat impeded by those influences 
which have adversely affected every interest in the United 
Kingdom, yet abroad it has been most encouraging ; the net 
increase in the number of members being fifty- three, a large 
proportion of whom are residents in India, the Colonies, and 
America. 
2. In America, the publicity given to the Institute has led to 
a most satisfactory event, viz., the formation of “The 
American Institute of Christian Philosophy,” an independent 
Society, founded on the lines of the Victoria Institute — 
whose statement of objects has been wholly adopted by it — 
It is worthy of note that some earlier members have recently rejoined. 
VOL. XVII. B 
