JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 
OP THE 
VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
OR 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OP CHEAT BRITAIN. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS * 
Monday, June 15th, 1874. 
Mr. C. Brooke, M.D., F.R.S., P.R.M.S., in the Chair. 
The Honorary Secretary, Capt. F. Petrie, read the following 
report : — 
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Council of the 
Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of 
Great Britain. 
Progress of the Institute. 
1. In presenting the Eighth Annual Report, the Council 
desires to congratulate the members and associates on the 
general improvement that has taken place in the Society’s 
position during the last twelve months. This improvement is 
mainly due to the steady support of those already associated 
* On account of important business, both in the House of Lords and in 
the House of Commons, the President and several leading Members were 
absent. The meeting was one of the largest yet held. 
VOL. IX. B 
