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Catalogue has been printed and circulated; many additions thereto 
have also been made, by presentation and purchase. 
The maps in possession of the Institution have been arranged, and 
are now readily accessible to members wishing to consult them. 
The Committee have also caused the “ Handbook for Field Service ” 
to be revised, to some extent, so. as to render the remaining copies of 
the last edition more useful to members. They abstained from the 
issue of a fresh edition, there being still a large number of copies in 
stock, and a great portion of the work being of a character which does 
not change materially with time. It was considered that the wants of 
the regiment would be met, for the present, by bringing as far as 
possible up to date those pages which were considerably altered by the 
changes in ordnance, &c., since 1867—'the date of the publication of 
the fourth edition. 
The Committee here take the opportunity of remarking that they 
have been unable to bring out the various publications as rapidly as it 
was their wish to do, in consequence of the limited and bad accommo¬ 
dation of the Printing Establishment. An item was inserted in the 
Estimates for the present year to provide a more suitable building for 
the purpose. It was thrown out, under a misapprehension; but has 
been re-inserted for next year, and it is hoped will be approved. 
They trust that members will continue to contribute original matter 
for the “ Proceedings ” as liberally as heretofore. 
2. The Lectures given during the year, though, from various causes, 
not so numerous as the Committee had intended, were, however, of 
a very interesting nature. The following officers have voluntarily 
exerted themselves for the good of the members, lecturing upon the 
subjects opposite their names 
Major F. Duncan, M. A., &c., &c. 
Captain C. 0. Browne .. 
f “ The Battle of Inkermann: another chapter in 
1 the History of the Koyal Artillery.” 
“ The forthcoming Transit of Venus.” 
The Committee also secured the services of the following gentlemen, 
who have given their audiences the benefit of their studies :— 
Professor W. Barrett, F.C.S., &C., &C. “Kecent Discoveries in Magnetism and Electricity.” 
W. Carpenter, Esq., M.D., &C., &C. ... “ On the Physical Geography of the Deep Sea.” 
3. There have been many additions, through the kindness of the 
Secretary of State for War and members of the Institution and 
Societies, to the Library of the B.A. Institution, and also to the 
Natural History Museum. The Committee trust that their brother 
officers will not fail to remember that there are still many common 
specimens, both British and foreign, which are not in the latter, and 
which they hope soon may be presented. 
A list of the purchases for and presentations to the Library will 
be found in Appendix, marked C; and of those to the Museum, 
marked H. 
