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Eight essays have been received, and submitted to the Referees—viz., 
Major-General Eardley-Wilmot, R.A., E.R.S., Colonel Hamley, E.A., C.B., 
and Major Geary, R.A.—who have decided in favour of the essay bearing 
the motto “ Trunnion,” which proves to be that selected by Lieut. II. W. L. 
Hime, 11th Bde. R.A. 
4. Library.—“ Gould’s Birds of Australia,” in eight volumes, has been 
purchased at a cost of £158 15s., and the Committee has arranged for this 
sum being paid off at the rate of £20 yearly. This work has been pub¬ 
lished in the same admirable style as the companion works already possessed 
by the Institution, and is a most valuable addition to the library. The 
balance of the debt of £63 for “ Gould's Humming Birds,” agreed on to 
be paid by instalments, has been paid in full. 
The scrap book, containing extracts from the newspapers on professional 
subjects, is still kept up. 
A list of the more important lithographs issued by the different depart¬ 
ments, and arranged in sets, accompanies this report. 
These, as well as others not included in the sets, and photographs of 
various drills and exercises, can be obtained singly as heretofore by members. 
The “List of Changes in Artillery Materiel” can now be procured gratis 
by members, the Secretary of State for War having kindly placed at the 
disposal of the Committee a certain number of copies for distribution. 
Among the works presented during the past year, one is specially worthy 
of mention—the “ Official Record of the Abyssinian Expedition,” presented 
by the Secretary of State for War; a handsome and valuable addition to 
the professional branch of the library. 
In the following list of presentations it will be seen that very many maps 
have been received from the War Office, 17 of which illustrate the Peninsular 
battles from 1804 to 1810. 
Booh, Sfc., presented . 
Journal of the Royal United Service^) 
Institution, Nos. 55 to 61, and | 
Appendix.... }- 
Medical, Military, and Surgical Essays... | 
Ilinde’s Discipline . J 
Proceedings of Institution of Mechanical 
Engineers, Nov. 1869, Jan., Apr., > 
Aug., and Nov. 1870 ..... ) 
Lecture on the Construction and Main-1 
tenance of Telegraph Lines, by R. S. > 
Gulley, Esq.) 
Analytical Tables, &c., for use in the"') 
Laboratory, School of Military En- j 
gineering . j 
Lecture on “Building Materials.” by 
W. D. Dent, Esq. | 
Lecture on Railway Construction, bv j 
W. C. Unwin, Esq..‘.J 
Report on the present state and condition ) 
of Prehistoric Remains in the Channel > 
Islands, by Lieut. S. P. Oliver, R.A.) 
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( The Council, Royal United 
Service Institution. 
The Council, Institution of 
Mechanical Engineers. 
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[The Commandant, School of 
Military Engineering. 
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The Author. 
