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trate their forces and to support one another by combination ; 
and as no other Society can point to such steady and systematic 
and permanent work as ours, for the opposing of the false 
philosophy, pseudo-science, and rampant s ^®P tlclsm °* 
present time— all who feel that this work should be done, should 
ioin our ranks, that our field of usefulness may be still more 
extended, and the labours of the Victoria Institute be still 
more successful. 
Signed on behalf of the Council, 
R. Thornton, D.D., Vice-President. 
W. N. West, Esq., the Treasurer, then read the Annual 
Balance Sheet as follows : 
