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10. Instruments .—The instruments are in working order. A large 
condensing lens and a pair of bisulphide of carbon prisms have been 
added to the apparatus in connection with the electric lamp purchased 
last year. 
11. Model Room .—The patterns of service ammunition and other 
stores have been changed and renewed from time to time, as alterations 
have been authorised by the War Department, so that members may 
have before them only the most recently approved patterns. 
12. Workshop .—The shop is in good working order, and has been 
made use of by members, besides being constantly in use by the car¬ 
penter of the Institution. 
13. Lectures .—The following lectures have been delivered during 
the winter in the Theatre of the Institution, and were generally very 
well attended. The Committee has to express its thanks to Canon 
Kingsley, Mr. S. Brandram, Captain F. Duncan, R.A., and Dr. Hogg, 
for their kindness in devoting so much time to the advantage of the 
Institution. 
Of the course of six lectures on Geology, by Mr. Etheridge, three 
had been delivered previous to the Annual Report for last year, and 
the remaining three subsequently. 
Canon Kingsley . 
Captain F. Duncan, R.A., M.A., D.C.L., 
&c., &c. 
S. Brandram, Esq., M.A. 
Rev. J. B. Owen, M.A., E.S.A.. 
Rev. H. Martyn Hart, M.A.. 
Rev. A. J. D’Orsey, B.D... 
Asst.-Surg. E. R. Hogg, M.D., R.H.A. 
“ The Study of Natural History.” 
“ How a Gunner Governed New York.— 
A Chapter in the History of the Eoyal 
Artillery.” 
Readings from various authors. 
' “ Superstitions: Social, Political, and Reli¬ 
gious.” 
“Light and Spectrum Analysis” (in two 
lectures). 
“The Augustan Age of English Litera¬ 
ture.” 
' “ Sick Children.—An attempt in a popular 
form to explain certain causes of 
domestic sickness.” 
14. Afternoon Meetings .—These meetings, confined to the discussion 
of subjects of professional interest, have been well attended, and the 
thanks of the Committee are due to the following officers for the papers 
read by them :— 
Captain C. B. Brackenbury, R.A . “ Autumn Manoeuvres. 
Captain J. Sladen, R.A . “ Flat Trajectories: "What are they P” 
Both of these papers have been published in the “ Proceedings.” 
