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ORDINARY MEETING, April 10, 1871. 
Charles Brooke, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman.— Before I ask our present Honorary Secretary to read 
the minutes of the last meeting, I wish to call your attention to the very great 
loss which we have sustained in the decease of our much respected and 
much regretted Honorary Secretary, Mr. Reddie. You are all aware that this 
Institute mainly owes its existence to his exertions. Not having been 
a member of the Institute at its commencement, I cannot take upon myself 
to assign to Mr. Reddie his particular share in its foundation ; but he 
was one of the most influential in the foundation of this Society, and to its 
welfare and its interests he devoted himself most thoroughly ever since it 
came into existence. You all know how suddenly he was taken from us, 
the cause of his death being disease of the heart. He had been earnestly 
solicited by his medical attendant to abstain from work of all kinds, his 
state of health being evident, but he would not do so : he still held the 
labouring oar even unto the last. The great loss we have sustained has 
been to the Council, as I am sure it is to all here present, a source of deep 
regret, and I should not have done my duty in opening this meeting had 
I not called your attention to the subject.* 
The minutes of the last meeting were then read and confirmed. 
The Honorary Secretary (Capt. F. Petrie) stated that Dr. Constantine de 
Tischendorf had been elected an Honorary Foreign Correspondent, and read 
the following letter, received from him : — 
“ Monsieur, — “ J e suis tres-sensible a la communication que vous avez bien 
voulu me faire en votre nom et en celui du Conseil du ( Victoria Institute.’ 
Le but de votre Institut est des plus nobles, et r^pond, ce me semble, a un 
besoin de notre temps. L’oflre de m’y associer ne peut que m’honorer 
et c’est avec satisfaction que j’accepte l’invitation d’en etre un ‘ Honorary 
Foreign Correspondent.’ 
“ Que les travaux de ITnstitut soient couronnes d’un veritable succes. 
“ En vous priant d’agreer vous-meme et de presenter au Conseil de l’ln- 
stitut mes profonds respects, j’ai l’honneur d’etre, 
“ Monsieur, Tout le votre, 
“ Leipzig, le 30 Mars, 1871.” “ Constantin de Tischendorf. 
At a Special Meeting of the Council, held 3rd April, 1871, the following 
resolution was adopted, and ordered to be recorded in the proceedings of the 
Institute “ The Council desire to record its deep sense of the loss which 
the Institute has sustained in the death of its late Honorary Secretary, Mr. 
J ames Reddie, and at the same time to express the great honour with which 
it ieels sure his name will ever be associated in its annals, not only as the 
I ounder of the Institute, but as one who, uniting many literary and scientific 
attainments with untiring energy and zeal, proved eminently successful in 
contributing to its popularity and prosperity.” 
