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2. The Committee is glad to inform the meeting that the financial 
condition of the Institution is most satisfactory, the accounts showing 
a balance credit of £1893 6s. 9d., against £2096 2s. 4d. last year, 
while the disbursements have been unusually large. 
3. Printing and Publication .—Three numbers of Vol. VIII. of the 
“ Proceedings” have been published during the last year, containing :— 
Tables of Bemaining Velocity, Time of Plight, and Energy of various Projectiles, 
calculated from the results of experiments made with the Bashforth Chronograph, 
1865-1870. By the Bev. P. Bashforth, B.D., Professor of Applied Mathematics 
to the Advanced Class, Eoyal Artillery. 
Notes extracted from some German Pamphlets on the Employment of Artillery in 
thePield. By Captain W. G. Brancker, E.A. 
The Study of Natural History. A Lecture delivered at the E.A. Institution, 
Woolwich, October 3, 1871, by Canon Kingsley. 
The Use of Bailroads in Time of War. Communicated by Major-General Sir 
David Wood, K.C.B. 
The Bavarian “ Bevolver-Cannon.” By Captain E. Baring, E.A. 
Bemarks on the Proper Proportion of Guns to Men. By Captain E. Baring, E.A. 
A Short Sketch of the Ehine Portresses and Metz. By Lieut. P. W. J. 
Barker, E.A. 
Autumn Manoeuvres; considered in their Place between Drills and War. A 
Lecture delivered at the E.A. Institution, Woolwich, December 19, 1871, by 
Captain C. B. Brackenbury, E.A. 
“Kriegs Spiel” or “Game of War.” By Captain P. C. 11. Clarke, E.A. 
Plat Trajectories: What are They ? Exemplified in the case of Small-Arms and 
Pield Artillery. A Paper read at the E.A. Institution, Woolwich, Pebruary 29, 
1872, by Captain J. Sladen, E.A. 
Annual Beport and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Eoyal 
Artillery Institution, held on May 28, 1872. Colonel J, W. Domville, E.A., in 
the Chair. 
The Establishment and Organisation of an Arsenal. By Lieut. E. H. H. 
Collen, E.A. The E.A. Institution Prize Essay of 3 872. 
Sketches of Artillery and Infantry Attack and Defence (after the German), and a 
Note on Infantry Column and Line. By Lieut.-Colonel W. J. Williams, E.A. 
Precis of Beport of Colonel Baron Henri Berge, of the Prench Artillery, upon 
the British 9-pr. M.L. Gun. By Lieut.-Colonel W. E. M. Beilly, C.B., E.A. 
Artillery Lessons from the Siege of Strasburg, 1870. By Captain P. C. H. 
Clarke, E.A. 
The Development of Artillery Tactics in Combination with the other Arms. A 
Lecture delivered at the Prince Consort’s Library, Aldershot, on the 27th March, 
1872, by Captain Pox Strangways, E.H.A. 
The Eange-Pinder. By Captain Nolan, E.A. 
The Mobility of Pield Artillery ; Past and Present. By Captain Hime, E.A. 
The Spontaneous Ignition of Oiled Cotton or Silk-Waste. Contributed by 
Major V. D. Majendie, E.A. 
Notes on Curved Fire. Submitted by Col. S. E. Gordon, C.B. 
The following “ Short Notes ” have also been published 
Table giving the calculated remaining Velocity and Energy, at various distances, of 
projectiles fired from the service M.L.E. guns with battering charges of P. powder. 
Table showing the mean muzzle velocity of projectiles fired from the service rifled 
guns. 
