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ANNUAL -GENERAL MEETING, held at the House of the 
Society oe Arts, Monday, May 22, 1871. 
The Right Hon. the Earl oe Shaftesbury, K.G., President, 
in the Chair. 
The Chairman. — The proceedings will commence by the Honorary Secre- 
tary reading the Annual Keport. 
Captain F. Petrie then read as follows : — 
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Council of the Victoria 
Institute, or Philosophical Society oe Great Britain. 
Progress of the Society. 
1. In presenting a Fifth Annual Report, the Council of 
the Victoria Institute desires to express its belief that the 
proceedings of the Session now terminating have consider- 
ably advanced the objects of the Society ; and it is with great 
satisfaction that it does not find itself called upon, as in 
former years, to record a falling off in the number of mem- 
bers ; but on the contrary, to announce that the Institute has 
received a very considerable accession of strength in the new 
members that have- joined. 
2. The late Secretary retired on the 1st of February, 
having been unable to devote that time to the duties of the 
office which its importance required, after which Captain 
F. W. H. Petrie and Mr. Reddie were associated as Honorary 
Secretaries, until the death of the latter. The former now 
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