ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS). 
SIXTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL 
OF THE 
ROYAL artillery institution. 
The Meeting’ was held in the Lecture Theatre, Royal United Service 
Institution, Whitehall, on Friday, lltli June, 1897. Lieut.-General 
E. Markham, Inspector-General of Ordnance, took the chair at 3p.m. 
and asked the Secretary to read the Report as follows:— 
During the past season the following lectures were given at the Lectures 
Institution :—■ 
“ African Animals,” by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S., 29th 
October, 1896. 
“ Rontgen Rays,” by W. Webster, Esq., 12th November, 1896. 
“ The British Army on the Continent of Europe,” by T. M. 
Maguire, Esq., LL.D., 26th November, 1896. 
“ The Science of Frontier Delimitation,” by Lt.-Colonel J. K. 
Trotter, R.A., lOtli December, 1896. 
<e Consular Experiences in Turkey,” by Colonel E. Clayton, 
R.A., 21st January, 1897. 
sc The Drift of Service Projectiles,” by Captain A. G. Shortt, 
R.A., 25th January, 1897. 
<e Nansen and his voyage,” by Lieut. Chamberlain, R.N., 7th 
January, 1897. 
“ A Cruising Visit to some German Battle-fields,” by Poultney 
Bigelow, Esq., 4th February, 1897. 
“ Professional Experiences in India,” by Vet.-Captain J. A. 
Nunn, C.I.E., D.S.O., A.V.D., 18th February, 1897. 
“ Recent travels in South Africa,” by Lieutenant C. B. Levita, 
R.H.A., 4th March, 1897. 
“ The Total Solar Eclipse of January, 1898,” by Captain E. II. 
Hills, R.E., 11th March, 1897. 
“ The Cataracts of the Nile,” by Major-General Sir W. F. 
Butler, K.C.B., 18th March, 1897. 
The Committee were much pleased that two young officers—Captain 
Shortt and Lieutenant Levita—acceded to their request to lecture as 
above ; the result in each case was most satisfactory and the Committee 
hope that the example thus set will encourage young officers to take 
more part in the lectures than has been the case in recent years. 
Only two lectures were asked for at out-stations; they were one Lectures at 
at Dover and one at Shoeburyuess, both by W. Webster, Esq., out ' statlona 
on “ Rontgen Rays.” 
In the summer of 1896 the Secretary R.U.S.I. asked for any infor- Bideford 
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