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ANNUAL REPORT, 1896-7. 
Rewards f 
Papers 
Votes of 
thanks 
Accounts 
Colonel E. T. Browell, Lt.-Colonel F. A. Yorke, R.A., and Captain 
E. E. Norris, R.A. kindly consented to act as .Judges and award 
amounts as follows :— 
Col. F. A. Whinvates (late) R.Ii.A. 
Capt. T. D. Pilcher, Nortlid. Fusilisrs 
Capt. C. D. Guinness, E.A. 
Major W. L. While, E.A. 
Col. A. E. Turner, C.B., E.A. ... 
Capt. N. W. Du Boulay, E.A. ... 
Major E. G. Kicolls, E.A. 
C. Dalton, Esq. ... 
Major J. L. Iveir, E.A. ... 
Capt. J. 11. Mansell, E.A. 
Capt. P. J. E. Crampton, E.A. ... 
Capt. F. J. S. Cleeve, E.A. 
Capt. H. B. Strange, E.A. 
Lieut. G. F. MacMunn, D.S.O., E.A. 
Major P. Saltmarshe, E.A. 
Major H. C. C. D. Simpson, E.A. 
Major 0. Eowe, E.A. 
Lt.-Col. J. C. Dalton, E.A. 
The duties in ‘action’ of the') 
Lieut.-Col. commanding* 
siege train division ” 
“ Master-General of the Ord 
nance in Ireland ”... 
“ A Plea for Indirect Fire ’ 
“ The Influence of Ammunition | 
on shooting* ” ... ...) 
“ Eanging by clinometer ” 
“Artillery and Musketry Fire” 
“Considerations on the Subject \ 
of Trajectories ” 
“ Shrapnel fire of Field Artil 
lery” ... .. 
“The Kashmir Imperial Service 
Artillery ’’ 
“Competitive Practice in the 
Garrison Artillery ” 
“ Mountain Artillery Drill 
1837” ... ... 
“ Garrison Artillery Warfare 1 
“ The Battle of Austerlitz ” .. 
£6 
£5 
£4 
“ Letters written by General 7 
Dyneley ”.j 
“Artillery from an Infantry 
Officer’s Point of View 
“ Artillery positions and screen 
ing guns ”... 
“ The Dutch Expedition to the I 
Island of Lombok, 1894” ... ‘ 
“ Report on the German man 
oeuvres, 1896 ” 
“ The German method of bring¬ 
ing guns into action” 
“ The Chino-Japanese War’ 
|>£3 
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J 
£3 
j£3 
| £2 
£2 
£2 
£2 
£2 
£2 
£2 
| £2 
£2 
£2 
£2 
The Meeting unanimously voted their thanks to the Judges both of 
essays and for rewards for kindly undertaking these onerous tasks. 
The report as above with Appendices was adopted and the accounts 
as presented in Appendix A. were passed. 
The following addition to the Rules was carried viz .—• 
Under the heading ‘ Language or Science ’ of the tabular form to add 
the word ‘ Travel '* in the next line to the words ‘ Photography, 
Mechanism and Steam.’ 
And under the heading ‘ Proportion ’ of the same tabular form to insert 
opposite the word ‘ Travel’ the words ‘half tuition fees charged by the 
Royal Geographical Society, provided the recipient satisfy tlie Council 
of the Royal Geographical Society as set forth in their letter dated 
22nd March, 1897.’ 
Two subjects were then chosen for submission to H.R.H. the 
