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2. The funds of the Institution, the Committee are glad to inform the 
Meeting, are in a sound and flourishing state. The abstract of the year’s 
income and expenditure is shewn on the opposite page, and it will be seen 
by the D r . and C r . account, which is attached thereto, that the Institution 
has now a Balance O. of £1446. 9s. 5|d. 
3. Printing and Publication .—The amount of work done in this depart¬ 
ment has been considerable. In addition to seven numbers of Yol. IV. of the 
Proceedings which have been issued to all Members, a new edition of Major 
Owen’s Lectures on Artillery (1025 copies) has been printed, and the work 
can, in consequence, be procured by Members through the Institution, at 
the rate of 9s. 6d. a copy, the publisher’s price being 15s. To those 
Officers who have contributed papers to the Proceedings, as enumerated in 
the annexed list, the Committee express their thanks, and have pleasure in 
recording the growing desire which is manifested to obtain these Pro¬ 
fessional Papers. During the year presentation has been made, with the 
sanction of the Secretary of State for War, of the three completed volumes 
to the Russian Government, and to the Smithsonian Institute at Washing¬ 
ton, in compliance, in both cases, with a request made to the Committee; a 
request which the Committee have had much pleasure in complying with, in 
acknowledgement of the many valuable contributions which have been made 
to the Library of the Institution by Lieut.-Colonel de Novitzky, military 
attache to the Russian Embassy, and by Dr Henry, the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institute. 
The Third Edition of the Handbook for Eield Service being nearly ex¬ 
hausted, a new edition will shortly be commenced, and the necessary revision 
has kindly been undertaken by several officers. The Committee hope that 
the new edition will be ready for issue before the next Annual Report, and 
copies will be obtainable by Members at cost price. 
It is also in contemplation to commence a new edition of Kane’s List, as 
already notified with the November number of the Proceedings, provided a 
sufficient number of subscribers are obtained. 
The monthly Regimental Lists are forwarded to members wishing to 
receive them on payment of postage,* and to meet the wishes of certain 
officers some copies are now printed on a single sheet of thin paper, by 
which means four copies can be transmitted to Eoreign stations at a single 
rate of postage. 
The constant demands upon the printing press, for other work for 
members has been so great, that an extra compositor has been employed; 
the cost for wages and materials is therefore in excess of previous years, but 
as this additional charge is balanced by largely increased receipts on this 
account, the Committee have pleasure in recording the fact as instancing 
the general usefulness of this part of the establishment. 
List of “ Proceedingsprinted during the gear. 
Gun Cotton: an Introduction to tlie Properties and History of the substance. 
By Major E. Miller, VC, R.A. 
Muzzle-pivoting Gun Carriage. By Lieut.-Col. G. Shaw, R.A., Assistant Super¬ 
intendent, Royal Carriage Department. 
* Home, Id. Colonies, 3d. India, 4d. 
