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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
OF THE 
ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION, 
The 44th. Annual General Meeting was held in the Theatre of the 
Institution on Thursday, 23rd June, 1881, Maj.-Gen. Hon. E. T. Gage, 
C.B., Comdg. the Woolwich District, in the Chair. 
I. The Notice convening the Meeting was taken as read, 
II. The Abstract of the last Annual General Meeting was taken as 
read. 
III. The Forty-fourth Annual Report, which was as follows, was 
read 
1. The Committee beg to submit the 44th Annual Report of the 
Royal Artillery Institution. 
2. There are now 1558 Members of the Institution {vide Appendix, 
Table C). During the past year 69 officers joined, whilst the deaths 
and withdrawals amounted to 76, showing a decrease of 7 in the year. 
The number of deaths which occurred in the year was even 
larger than last year. Amongst them are to be noted those of 
General Sir John Bloomfield, G.C.B., the last of the Waterloo Officers, 
and Captain W. Boylin, a retired Riding-Master, who, as the drummer 
boy of the Main Guard, beat a roll on the drum on receipt of the news 
of the victory in this Garrison; Lieut.-General Rowan, C.B.; Lieut.- 
General Franklin, C.B.; and Major-General H. A. B. Campbell, C.B, 
Majors Blackwood and Poole, Captain Greer, and Lieut. E, G. Osborn 
were killed in action, 
3. The accounts have been audited this year by Major Wethered, 
Staff Paymaster, and Capt. L. F. Perry, R. A. It will be seen that 
the financial condition of the Institution is very satisfactory {vide 
Tables A, B, and D) ; the general credit amounting to £3014 10s. lOd. 
The funded property has been increased by £300, 
4. The French and German Classes held in the Institution have 
been fairly well attended. The Landscape Drawing Class has retained 
its popularity. Classes and individual officers have been assisted by 
Institution funds at several out-stations for the study of French, Spanish, 
Italian, Russian, Turkish, Landscape Drawing, and Mapping. 
