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2. The Abstract of Accounts for the past year shews a balance credit of 
£1505. Os. 1 \d. 
The increased expenditure for wages is due to an augmentation of the pay 
of the Serjeant-Major in charge. This non-commissioned officer having 
completed five years employment at the R.A. Institution in his present 
capacity in July last, during which time he has given general satisfaction, 
the Committee have sanctioned an increase of Is. 5 \d. a day to his pay 
in consideration of length of service, and of the additional work and 
responsibility attaching to his position, in consequence of an increase of 
Members during that period amounting to one-third of the whole number. 
The Committee have to regret the loss during the past year of two of 
the Trustees, owing to the death of Lieut.-General H. W. Gordon, R.A., 
and of General E. Campbell, R.A.; in compliance with Rule XI., Major- 
General St George, C.B., R.A., and Major-General A. J. Taylor, R.A. have 
been elected to fill the vacancies. 
8. Printing and Publication. —Vol. IV. of the “ Proceedings " has been 
completed, and one number of Vol. V. has since been issued. 
The Committee have spared no pains to procure papers of interest for the 
Professional publication of the Regiment, and believe that the volume just 
completed will compare favourably with previous issues; whilst expressing 
their thanks to all those gentlemen who have contributed to the Proceedings 
during the past year, and whose names will be found in the annexed list, they 
desire especially to record their sense of the high merit of the two papers on 
“ Ancient Cannon in Europe/' the result of very great labour and research 
on the part of Lieut. Henry Brackenbury, R.A. 
Since the last Annual Meeting two complete sets of the “ Proceedings " 
have been presented to the Military and Naval officers attached to the 
Erench Embassy, and the Committee hope that having thus acceded to the 
request of those Officers on the part of their Government, similar information 
will be freely afforded by them in return. 
The new edition of the “ Handbook" was commenced in August, but con¬ 
siderable delay has arisen owing to the present transition state of artillery 
materiel , rendering it necessary for much of the book to be re-written. 
Three half-sheets (96 pages), have, however, been completed, and 6450 copies 
have been worked off. A large portion of the subsequent matter is also 
set up, and the Committee hope the new edition will shortly be published. 
Government have requested to be supplied with 500 copies of the new 
edition. 
The Secretary of State for War has authorized the sale to Members of 
the Institution of the Extracts from the Reports and Proceedings of the 
Ordnance Select Committee, which are published quarterly, and which contain 
most valuable professional information. Copies can be obtained on applica¬ 
tion to the Secretary of the R.A. Institution. 
The new edition of Kane's List has not been commenced, owing to a 
want of sufficient subscribers. The Committee are still anxious that this 
interesting Regimental Record should be republished, but 40 additional 
subscribers are first requisite. 
The means at the disposal of the Institution for meeting the constant and 
increasing demands on the printing press by Members were so inadequate 
