3. The balance sheet to 31st December, 1906, has been duly audited, and as we entered the present year with a deficit of £206 6s. 6d., it was found necessary, much to the regret of the Council, to fall back upon the reserve fund in order to meet current liabilities and repay to the bank a loan of £100. The amount withdrawn was £230, which at the date of sale (April 15th last), owing to the depressed state of Consols, only realised £198 3s. 7d., leaving the amount of the reserve £770. In order to still further meet our obligations, a special appeal was made to members and associates, but the response was far from encouraging, the amount subscribed up to the end of the year being only £46 10s. 6d. This sum, however, added to the amount withdrawn from the reserve, has enabled us to meet all our obligations and retain in hand a substantial balance. wherewith to meet future expenses.

4. The following is the new list of the Officers and Council:

President.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Halsbury, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.

D. Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S., F.I.C., f.c.
(Trustee).

Rev. Dr. F. W. Tremlett, D.D., D.C.L., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Dean Wace, D.D. (Trustee).

Rev. Chancellor J. J. Lias, M.A.

Rev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M.A.
General Halliday.

Rev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S.

Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay, late R.A.

Theo. G. Pinches, Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S.

Ven. Archdeacon W. M. Sinclair, M.A., D.D.
Commander G. P. Heath, R.N.

Rev. G. F. Whidborne, M.A., F.G.S., F. R. G.S.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. L. Geary, K.C.B., R.A.
Edward Stanley M. Perowne, Esq., F.S.A.
Martin Luther Rouse, Esq., B.L.
Colonel T. Holbein Hendley, C.I.E.
Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., F.L.S.

Rt. Rev. Bishop J. E. C. Welldon, D.D.
Professor H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc
Sydney T. Klein, Esq., M.R.I.
Rev. Prebendary H. E. Fox, M.A.
Colonel C. E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G.
W. E. Thompson Sharpe, Esq.
William J. Horner, Esq.

MEMBERSHIP.

The Annual Subscription for Members is two guineas, and for Associates, one guinea. There is no entrance fee and both receive the Journal post free.

5. Obituary.

The Council have to deplore the loss by death of many supporters, including several distinguished members, amongst whom may be specially named His Excellency Count Bernstorff, formerly ambassador to this country from the German Empire, and greatly esteemed for his piety and nobility of character, also:

The Right Rev. Bishop Bompas, D.D., Archdeacon J. I. Brooke, Edward Chapman, M.A., John G. Cribb, R. J. Finnemore, J.P., Samuel Finley, Rev. G. Grenfell, F.R.G.S., J. G. Langham, Rev. A. C. Macpherson, M.A., Rev. J. McWilliam, James S. Napier, Rev. J. Rate, M.A., Horace J. Smith-Bosanquet, J.P., D.L., Ven. Archdeacon W. F. Taylor, D.D., J. E. Vanner, Alfred J. Woodhouse, L.D.S.,_Richard Wood, J.P., Rev. Prebendary Rogers, Rev. Professor S. L. Bowman, M.A., D.D., author of an important work on the Historical Evidences of the New Testament-and R. Denny Urlin, B.L.

6. MEETINGS.

The subjects treated at the ordinary meetings during the past session may be arranged under the following heads:

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1. BIBLICAL.

1. The Scriptural Idea of Miracles." By Rev. Canon GIRDLESTONE, M.A.

2. "The Pedigree of the Nations." No. II. By M. L. ROUSE, Esq., B.L.

1.

2. GEOGRAPHICAL.

Orissa its History and People." By CHARLES W. ODLING,
Esq., C.S.I.

2. "Exploration of Asia Minor as bearing on New Testament
History." By Professor Sir WILLIAM M. RAMSAY, LL.D.
Recent Discoveries in Palestine and Syria." By Dr. E. W.
GURNEY MASTERMAN, F.R.G.S.

3.

3. GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL.

1. "The San Francisco and Valparaiso Earthquakes and their Causes." By Dr. WARREN UPHAM, M.A., F.G.S.

2. "The Spread of the European Fauna." By Professor J. LOGAN LOBLEY, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.

3. "Plant Distribution from an Old Standpoint." By Dr. H. B. GUPPY, F.R.S.E.

4. HISTORICAL.

1. Review of Professor Flinders Petrie's recent work on "Sinai." By the SECRETARY.

2. "Survivals of Primitive Religions among the People of Asia Minor." By Rev. G. E. WHITE, Dean of Anatolia College. 3. "Mencius." By Rev. F. STORRS TURNER, B.A.

7. The Journal of Transactions.

The thirty-eighth volume of the Journal of Transactions, like its predecessor, has been circulated in many lands, especially in the United States of America, where we have a large number of warm supporters. As an example of this feeling of sympathy with the objects of the Institute the following is an extract from a letter to the Secretary by Dr. George H. Martin of San Francisco, who has recently joined the Institute as a member; it is dated February 16th, 1907

"I am thoroughly in sympathy with the objects of the Institute, and have known of its good work for many years." It was an agreeable surprise to receive this statement from a city which had recently undergone such terrible vicissitudes.

As stated in the last report we have several public libraries which subscribe for the Volumes under the head of " Associate Libraries." Of persons in foreign countries connected with our Society, about 79 belong to the United States of America, 43 to India, 14 to Australia, 13 to Canada, and about the same number to New Zealand and South Africa, and one (Public Library) to Bermuda.

8. Missionary Associates.

At the Meeting of Council, held on the 21st January last, a resolution was unanimously adopted granting the privilege of associateship to missionaries at half the usual subscription, namely half-a-guinea, and the Secretary was instructed to take the necessary steps for carrying out this resolution, and circulars were issued to the leading missionary societies in London. It will require time in order to ascertain to what extent this privilege will be made use of.

9. Conclusion.

While humbly desiring the continued blessing of Almighty God, and the support of its members, the Council wishes to

MEMBERSHIP.

The Annual Subscription for Members is two guineas, and for Associates, one guinea. There is no entrance fee and both. receive the Journal post free.

5. Obituary.

The Council have to deplore the loss by death of many supporters, including several distinguished members, amongst whom may be specially named His Excellency Count Bernstorff, formerly ambassador to this country from the German Empire, and greatly esteemed for his piety and nobility of character, also:

The Right Rev. Bishop Bompas, D.D., Archdeacon J. I. Brooke, Edward Chapman, M.A., John G. Cribb, R. J. Finnemore, J.P., Samuel Finley, Rev. G. Grenfell, F.R.G.S., J. G. Langham, Rev. A. C. Macpherson, M.A., Rev. J. McWilliam, James S. Napier, Rev. J. Rate, M.A., Horace J. Smith-Bosanquet, J.P., D.L., Ven. Archdeacon W. F. Taylor, D.D., J. E. Vanner, Alfred J. Woodhouse, L.D.S., Richard Wood, J.P., Rev. Prebendary Rogers, Rev. Professor S. L. Bowman, M.A., D.D., author of an important work on the Historical Evidences of the New Testament-and R. Denny Urlin, B.L.

6. MEETINGS.

The subjects treated at the ordinary meetings during the past session may be arranged under the following heads:

1. BIBLICAL.

1. "The Scriptural Idea of Miracles." By Rev. Canon GIRDLESTONE, M.A.

2. "The Pedigree of the Nations." No. II. By M. L. ROUSE,

1.

Esq., B.L.

2. GEOGRAPHICAL.

Orissa its History and People." By CHARLES W. ODLING,
Esq., C.S.I.

2. "Exploration of Asia Minor as bearing on New Testament
History." By Professor Sir WILLIAM M. RAMSAY, LL.D.
Recent Discoveries in Palestine and Syria." By Dr. E. W.
GURNEY MASTERMAN, F.R.G.S.

3.

3. GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL.

1. "The San Francisco and Valparaiso Earthquakes and their Causes." By Dr. WARREN UPHAM, M.A., F.G.S.

2. "The Spread of the European Fauna." By Professor J. LOGAN LOBLEY, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.

3. "Plant Distribution from an Old Standpoint." By Dr. H. B. GUPPY, F.R.S.E.

4. HISTORICAL.

1. Review of Professor Flinders Petrie's recent work on "Sinai." By

2.

the SECRETARY.

Survivals of Primitive Religions among the People of Asia Minor." By Rev. G. E. WHITE, Dean of Anatolia College. 3. "Mencius." By Rev. F. STORRS TURNER, B.A.

7. The Journal of Transactions.

The thirty-eighth volume of the Journal of Transactions, like its predecessor, has been circulated in many lands, especially in the United States of America, where we have a large number of warm supporters. As an example of this feeling of sympathy with the objects of the Institute the following is an extract from a letter to the Secretary by Dr. George H. Martin of San Francisco, who has recently joined the Institute as a member; it is dated February 16th, 1907:—

"I am thoroughly in sympathy with the objects of the Institute, and have known of its good work for many years.' It was an agreeable surprise to receive this statement from a city which had recently undergone such terrible vicissitudes.

As stated in the last report we have several public libraries which subscribe for the Volumes under the head of " Associate Libraries." Of persons in foreign countries connected with our Society, about 79 belong to the United States of America, 43 to India, 14 to Australia, 13 to Canada, and about the same number to New Zealand and South Africa, and one (Public Library) to Bermuda.

8. Missionary Associates.

At the Meeting of Council, held on the 21st January last, a resolution was unanimously adopted granting the privilege of associateship to missionaries at half the usual subscription, namely half-a-guinea, and the Secretary was instructed to take the necessary steps for carrying out this resolution, and circulars were issued to the leading missionary societies in London. It will require time in order to ascertain to what extent this privilege will be made use of.

9. Conclusion.

While humbly desiring the continued blessing of Almighty God, and the support of its members, the Council wishes to