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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
OF THE 
EOTAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
T HE Meeting was held in the Lecture Theatre, Royal United Service 
Institution, Whitehall, on Friday, 9th June, 1899, at 3 p.m. 
The following members were present:— 
General Sir H. Brackenbury, k.c.b., k.c.s.i., Major-Generals: J. F. 
Maurice, c.B., J. B. Richardson, Colonels: H. D. Buchanan-Dunlop, 
R. Corbett, H. T. Curling, J. C. Dalton, T. R. Disney, J. R. J. Jocelyn, 
H. M. Robertson, C. H. Spragge, c.B., Lieut.-Colonels: E. M. Baker, 
E. W. Fleming, F. 0. Barrington Foote, W. L. Hutchinson, P. C. E. 
Newbigging, W. H. Williams, Majors : A. C. T. Boileau, R. M. Brady, 
F. J. S. Cleeve, A. Hamilton-Gordon, E. G. Nicolls, W. L. H. Paget, H. 
C. C. D. Simpson, S. B. von Donop, Captains: J. F. N. Birch, G. C. 
Fordyce-Buchan, G. T. Forestier-Walker, L. R. Kenyon, J. H. Man¬ 
sell, H. C. Oldnall. 
General Sir Henry Brackenbury, k.c.b., k.c.s.i., Director General of 
Ordnance, took the chair, and at the request of the Chairman the 
Secretary read the Annual Report as follows :— 
Annual Report. 
Lectures. During the past winter season the following eight 
lectures were given at the Institution :— 
“ Synoptical Charts as applied to military subjects.” 
By Captain B. R. Ward, R.E., 27th October, 1898. 
“ Some experiences in Egypt.” 
By Major F. B. Elmslie, R.A., 10th November, 1898. 
“ The Borderland of Chemistry and Electricity.” 
By W. Webster, Esq., f.c.s., 24th November, 1898. 
“ The Trans-Siberian Railway.” 
By Lt.-Colonel W. H. H. Waters, m.v.o., R.A., 8th December, 1898. 
