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ANNUAL REPORT, 1879 - 80 . 
The Committee for the current year will be as follows- 
PATRON AND PRESIDENT: 
Field-Marshal H.E.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. 
VICE-PRESIDENTS: 
The Inspector-General of Artillery. 
The Director of Artillery and Stores. 
The Deputy-Adjutant-General, E.A. 
The Senior Artillery Officer doing duty at Woolwich. 
MEMBERS: 
The Assistant-Adjutant-General, E.A. 
The Director of Artillery Studies. 
The Assistant-Adjutant-General, Woolwich. 
The Secretary, Department of Director of Artillery and Stores. 
Lieut.-General W. 
// Sir 
Colonel H. T. FitzHugh. 
. E. Oldfield. 
. W r . N. Waller. 
Lieut.-Col. W. L. Yonge. 
„ E. Maitland. 
„ Hon. A. Stewart. 
Major J. E. Blackwell. 
„ W. G. Brancker. 
J. Smythe, F.E.S. 
J. H. Lefroy, C.B., K.C.M.G., F.E.S. 
Major H. S. Clarke. 
Captain C. Jones. 
. C. W. Long. 
„ S. C. Pratt. 
„ K. Stephenson. 
/, F. Roberts. 
Lieut. J. E. J. Jocelyn. 
Lt.-Col. M. Le Fer Taylor, Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Annual Report having been read to the Meeting, it was pro¬ 
posed and carried, 
“ That the Annual Eeport, as read, be adopted.” 
The following recommendation of the Committee was carried by the 
Meeting:— 
“By Eule 19, a share not exceeding two-thirds of total expense of all voluntary 
Classes approved by the Committee, and consisting of at least three Members, 
may be borne by the Institution. 
“ The Committee recommend that they be authorised at their discretion to assist 
from the funds of the Institution any Member who may be desirous of 
obtaining professional instruction.” 
The following addition to the Rules regulating the award of the 
Annual Gold Medal was recommended by the Committee, and carried 
by the Meeting :— 
7. “No Medal will be awarded when, in the opinion of the Judges, none of 
the Essays submitted are of sufficient merit to justify the award.” 
Lt.-Col. Hon. A. Stewart and Capt. Long were elected Members of 
the Committee vice Colonel Whinyates and Lieut. Radcliffe, who have 
left the station. Major Clarke was elected a Member of the Committee, 
vice Major Duncan, whose period of service on the Committee had 
expired. Colonel Waller and Capt. Jones were re-elected, 
