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VICTORIA INSTITUTE, 
TRINIDAD. 
♦ 
ANIVOAI, REPORTS, 1895-6. 
HE Board of Management have the honour to 
present to the Members their Report of the working 
of the Victoria Institute for the year 1895. 
^ _ This is the fourth Annual Report presented 
to the Members of the Institute, and it marks the 
opening of a new era, as it were, in the history of tho 
- Institution ; for although the scientific work of this 
Institute was allowed to fall somewhat into abeyance, substantial 
reforms have been effected, by which it is expected that ne^v 
life and energy will be given to the Institute. 
At the first meeting in January, Mr. R. J. L. Guppy, the 
Secretary and Treasurer, tendered his resignation, but at the 
request of the Board he retained the office until the 14th March, 
when he retired with a vote of thanks for his services. 
At the Annual Meeting on 21st February the following 
gentlemen were elected members of the Board of Management 
for 1895 : 
His Hon. Sir John Coldney, Kt., 
Hon. Col. Wilson, V.D., C.M.G., 
Prof. Cakmody, 
Mr. Tripp, 
„ Caracciolo, 
„ Urich, 
„ Potter. 
