The Council regret to Members and Associates :

5. Obituary.

announce the deaths of the following

George J. Chapman, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S.; E. J. Sewell, Esq. (Member of Council); The Very Rev. Henry Wace, D.D., Dean of Canterbury (President of the Society); F. J. Waring, Esq., C.M.G.; A. Gregory Wilkinson, Esq.; William Duncan White, Esq.; Sir W. Mackworth Young, K.C.S.I.

6. New Members and Associates.

The following are the names of new Members and Associates elected up to the end of 1924 :-

MEMBERS.-Edwin L. Ash, Esq., M.D., B.S., M.R.C.S.; Robert Caldwell, Esq., F.R.G.S.; W. Bell Dawson, Esq., M.A., D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E.; William C. Edwards, Esq.; His Excellency Prof. Charles Hildebrand, Ph.D., LL.D.; Pastor W. Percival-Prescott; Rev. Canon H. E. Nolloth, D.D.; The Rev. E. Morris Wherry, M.A., D.D.

ASSOCIATES.-The Rev. J. J. R. Armitage, M.A.; Rev. Lucy T. Ayres ; Dr. C. G. S. Baronsfeather; Mrs. C. Agnes Boyd; the Rev. Charles Boutflower, M.A.; Miss A. A. Browne, R.R.C.; Laurence T. Chambers, Esq.; Wilfrid M. Clayton, Esq.; the Rev. Thomas Coyle; the Rev. Stephen S. Farrow, B.D., Ph.D.; Mrs. M. L. Gough Griffiths; Miss Nellie Gulland; the Rev. James Holroyde, M.A.; Mrs. E. S. C. Hutchinson; the Rev. Maurice B. Ingle, A.M., LL.D.; Mrs. M. L. Jones; W. R. Lane, Esq.; the Rev. Canon F. R. Lawrence, M.A.; Henry C. W. Lewis, Esq.; Louis H. Loft, Esq.; R. G. Lundy, Esq., I.S.O.; the Rev. Prof. Julius R. Mantey, Th.D.; the Rev. R. J. H. McGowan; the Rev. David M. McIntyre; Major J. A. McQueen, D.S.O., M.C.; Clifford Newton, Esq.; the Rev. C. W. Norwood, B.D.; Miss Laura C. Ord; Prof. Cyril Parker, M.A., Sc.D., Ph.D.; H. J. Peirce, Esq.; Ernest Rapp, Esq.; the Rev. George W. Ridout, D.D., F.R.G.S.; Miss Ellen Rouse; Miss Mabel W. Rouzee, B.A.; William Johnston Scales, Esq.; David Somerville, Esq.; Mrs. Maude Stokes; the Rev. W. D. Vater; Henry Walker, Esq.; the Rev. Prof. J. H. Webster, D.D.; E. R. Wheeler, Esq., M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.; the Rev. Stanley White, B.D.

LIFE ASSOCIATE.-William Wardie Sales, Esq.

7. Number of Members and Associates.

The following statement shows the number of supporters of the Institute at the end of 1924 :

This again shows a steady increase in numbers, and the Council again ask for the co-operation of Members and Associates in bringing the work of the Institute before those who desire to support its aims by seeking election. Why should not an effort be made to add another hundred to our present total?

8. Special Donations.

F. T. Lewis, 18s.; Rev. John Tuckwell, 5s.; Colonel W. Sidebottom, J.P., £1; Anonymous (per Prof. Pinches), £100; E. J. Sewell, Esq., £3.

9. Finance.

We are glad to say that the financial position is becoming more stable, and that without any special appeal for the financial support of Members we were able to close the year more satisfactorily than has been the case for some time past.

10. The Langhorne Orchard Prize.

This new triennial prize was offered this year for the first time, and the subject proposed was "Can Evolution and the Biblical Account of Creation be Harmonized?" The prize has not yet been adjudged, but will be shortly.

11. Conclusion.

The Council have noticed that only a few Members and Associates take part in the discussions. It is a great relief and interest when new voices are heard, and the Council hope that in the future this may more be the case. This naturally demands a little preparation, and the Council would remind Members that they are entitled to an advance copy of papers if they inform the Secretary of their desire, and Associates that, by arrangement, they may enjoy a like privilege. The Council are sometimes reproached that they fail to undertake papers on the many ethical and philosophical problems that press upon attention. This may be true in part. The Council welcome suggestions from supporters, and ask such to believe that if their advice is not carried out it is for some reason which seems valid and sufficient. Certainly the Council does not think it lost time to turn aside now and again from more strenuous problems to questions of scientific and archæological discovery, which have often a close bearing on the general objects of the Institute.

Signed on behalf of the Council,

JAMES W. THIRTLE,
Chairman of Council.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF THE

VICTORIA INSTITUTE

WAS HELD IN COMMITTEE ROOM D, THE CENTRAL HALL, WESTMINSTER, S.W., ON MONDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1925, at 3.30 P.M.

DR. JAMES W. THIRTLE, M.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., IN THE CHAIR.

After the notice convening the Meeting had been read by the Hon. Secretary, and the Minutes of the last Meeting had been read, confirmed and signed,

The CHAIRMAN announced that the Langhorne Orchard Prize had been adjudged to Professor George McCready Price, M.A., a Member of the Institute.

The CHAIRMAN then drew the attention of the Members to the Report for 1924, which they held in their hands, and which he presumed might be taken as read. He then called on Mr. E. LuffSmith, the Auditor, to make some remarks on the financial statement, which was followed by a discussion in which Messrs. W. Dale, H. Lance-Gray and others took part.

The CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. W. C. EDWARDS to move his resolution.

Resolution No. 1. Moved by Mr. WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, seconded by Mr. W. H. FRIZELL, J.P.:

"That the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year 1924, presented by the Council, be received and adopted, and that the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Council, Officers and Auditors for their efficient conduct of the business of the Victoria Institute during the year."

This was passed unanimously.