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46 Society for the purpose of the exhibition, and for so kindly welcoming and entertaining the members and friends of the Society who attended the meeting, and to Professor Starr, not only for his generous gift to the Society, but also for travelling across the Atlantic for the express purpose of giving an address explanatory of the objects comprising it. The objects have been deposited at the Cambridge University Museum of General and Local Archaeology and Ethnology, the authorities of which have agreed to accept them on loan. The Council wish to take this opportunity of tendering their sincere thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Gomme for their care of the collection pending arrangements for its final transfer to Cambridge; to Mrs. Gomme for personally superintending its conveyance to Cambridge; and to Professor Haddon and other members of the Council who assisted in the delicate task of unpacking and repacking at the time of Professor Starr's visit.

The Council have also to thank Miss M. A. Owen for her generous offer to present to the Society her valuable collection of Musquakie beadwork and ceremonial objects. It is believed that no such collection exists on this side of the Atlantic. Miss Owen has kindly consented to write an account of the tribe and its ceremonies with the special object of illustrating the collection. It is hoped that the collection will reach this country in the course of the present year and be deposited with the other objects belonging to the Society in the Museum at Cambridge, where it will be readily accessible for inspection and study by members of the Society and other students of folklore and ethnography.

The Council have decided to recommend to the Society the adoption of some rules for the better security of its property by vesting the same in trustees and for the appointment of new trustees from time to time as occasion may require. They are convinced of the propriety of this step in view of the important additions recently made and promised to the Society's collection of folklore objects and of