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The Report of the Council was then read by the Secretary, Professor E. Hull, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., as follows :—

1. In presenting the THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, the Council has pleasure in stating that the session which terminated on the 31st May last has been, on the whole, highly satisfactory. The meetings have been well attended, and the papers have given rise to discussions evincing the interest of those present, especially those dealing with subjects bearing on the authority and authenticity of the Sacred Scriptures.

2. As regards finance it will be seen from the balance sheet that while we entered the year 1903 with a credit balance of £33 1s. 9d., we entered the year 1904 with a balance of £73 9s. 8d., all bills outstanding having been paid.

3. The number of members and associates, both effective and honorary, is very nearly the same as that of last year, being 879 as against 884. The Council are anxious that there should be an increase instead of diminution of members and associates, and they venture to suggest that a little effort on the part of those now connected with the Institute to bring in their friends might be attended with good results. They also consider that from amongst the large number of "Honorary Correspondents" there ought to be additions to the subscribing ranks. The Council hope that these suggestions may be cordially received and acted upon.

The following is the statement of the numbers of the constituency of the Institute at the end of May, 1904 :—

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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. (Lord Chancellor).

Vice-Presidents.

Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., K.C.M.G.

Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart., K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S.

Professor Lionel S. Beale, F.R.C.P., F.R.S.

W. H. Hudleston, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S.

Alexander McArthur. Esq., D.L., J.P.

The Ven. Robinson Thornton, D.D., F.R. Hist.S., Archdeacon of Middlesex.
David Howard, Esq., D.L., F.C.S.

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Rev. Principal James H. Rigg, D.D.
Maj. Kingsley O. Foster, J.P., F.R.A.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.

Gen. G. S. Hallowes, f.c. (H.S.).

Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., F.L.S., F.R.G.S.
Capt. E. W. Creak, C. B., R.N., F.R.S.
Thomas Chaplin, Esq., M.D.

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

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.
Gerard Smith, Esq., M.R.C.S.
Commander G. P. Heath, R.N.

Rev. Canon Tristram, M.A., D.D., LL.D.,
F.R.S.

Rev. G. F. Whidborne, M. A., F.G.S., F.R.G.S.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. L. Geary, K.C.B., R.A.
Walter Kidd, Esq., M.D., F.Z.S.

Edward Stanley M. Perowne, Esq.
Martin Luther Rouse, Esq., B.L.

Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, M.A., F.G.S.

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

5. Deaths.

The Council regret to have to record the death during the past year of the following supporters of the Institute :—

Miss Mary Ashley, George Chance, Esq., J.P., Professor F. J. Candy, M.A., Hubert Garbett, Esq., Rev. Canon W. E. Heygate, M.A., General G. C. Hankin, C.B., Rev. Canon J. Hurst, B.D., Rev. A. A. Isaacs, M.A., Rev. S. Kinns, Ph.D., Rev. Canon J. Le Mesurier, M.A., Rev. G. Lakeman, B.D., Rev. R. H. Muir, Col. The Hon. H. M. Monckton, William Payne, Esq., Major A. F. W. Papillon, John Tanner, Esq., J.P., Thomas Ward, Esq., J.P., F.G.S. Some of the above members joined the Institute in its earliest days.

6. MEETINGS.

The subjects dealt with at the ordinary meetings have been of the usual varied character, which may be regarded as one of the special advantages of the Institute as an educational institution to a wide circle of readers in all parts of the world, and spreading religious and secular knowledge into many distant and isolated regions. The subjects may be arranged

under the following heads:

1. SACRED HISTORY.

1. "On the Samaritan Text of the Pentateuch." By the Rev. Canon GARRATT, M. A.

2. "The Samaritan Passover of the Present Day." By the Rev. Canon HAMMOND, LL.B.

3. "Old Testament Chronology." By FREDK. GARD FLEAY, Esq., M.A.

2. GEOLOGY.

1. "Notes on the Volcanic Phenomena of New Zealand." By Miss HILDA BOORD.

2. "Date of the Last Rise of the Land in the British Isles." By Professor EDWARD HULL.

3. "The Thickness of the Ice in the former Glacier of the Lucerne Valley." By the same Author.

4. "On the Tanganyika Problem." By WILFRED H. HUDLESTON, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

3. BIOLOGICAL.

1. "The Genesis of Nature." By Rev. F. G. WHIDBORNE, M.A., F.G.S.

4. SCIENCE AND RELIGION.

1. "Two Paths, One Goal" being an examination of Archbishop Temple's Bampton Lecture for 1884, by WALTER A. KIDD, Esq., M.D., F.Z.S.

2. "Ancestral Worship." By Rev. ARTHUR ELWIN.

3. "The Conception of the Great Reality." By SYDNEY T. KLEIN, Esq., F.R.A.S.

5. GENERAL.

1. "Observations on the Irrigation of India." By CHARLES ODling, Esq., C.S.I.

2. "Prehistoric Drawings cut on Glaciated Rock near Tenda." By Cavaliere W. P. JERVIS, F.G.S.

7. The Journal of Transactions.

The thirty-fifth volume of the Journal of Transactions has been widely circulated in many lands. The Council

may be allowed to repeat what was stated in the Report for last year, that from time to time expressions of approval are received from foreign countries, while most of the learned societies at home and abroad exchange publications with the Institute. Of persons connected with our Society, about 74 belong to the United States of America, 40 to India, 14 to Australia, 12 to Canada, and about the same number to New Zealand and South Africa.

The Council have the pleasure of stating that Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the distinguished Arctic explorer, has accepted the position of Hon. Corresponding member in the place of the late Sir H. M. Stanley, and Professor Warren Upham of Minnesota, distinguished for his memoirs on American Geological Science, takes the place of the late Professor Etheridge, F.R.S.

8. Conclusion.

While humbly desiring the continued blessing of Almighty God, and the support of its members, the Council wishes to express its thanks to the contributors of papers which are being offered in increasing numbers, and to press upon its friends the duty of doing what in them lies to increase the numbers and extend the usefulness of the Institute.

Signed on behalf of the Council,

HALSBURY,

President.

ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET, from 1st January to 31st December, 1903.

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There is also the Gunning Trust Fund £503, Great Indian Peninsular 3 p.c. Stock invested in the names of the Trustees (The Dean of Canterbury and D. Howard, Esq.); the interest is to accumulate for periods of three years and it is then to be expended on a prize for an Essay. This account stood as under on 31st December, 1903:

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We have examined the Balance Sheet with the Books and Vouchers, and find a Credit Balance of £73 9s. 8d. t.Colo

May 11th, 1904.

JOHN ALLEN, G. MACKINLAY, Lieut.-Colonel,

Auditors.

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