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TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY. Vol. XIII.] MARCH, 1902. [No. I.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, 1901. The President (Mr. E. W. Brabrook) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mr. H. H. R. Southam and Mr. Gerasimos Zervos as new members was announced.

The deaths of Mr. G. W. Speth, Miss F. Grove, Mr. D. Mackinlay, Sir W. Besant, Miss E. Harris, and Mr. H. D. Skrine, and the resignations of Mr. B. Hamilton, Mr. P. S. Jeffrey, Dr. Cobb, Mr. R. H. Wilson, Sir H. Walpole, Mrs. Corry, Mr. Oelsner, Mr. Scott Elliot, and Mrs. Newton, were also announced.

Mr. E. Lovett read a paper on " Tallies and their Survi- vals," which he illustrated by a collection of original speci- mens, and in the discussion which followed Mr. Gomme, Miss Freer, and the President took part.

Miss Goodrich Freer read a paper on " Hebridean Folklore" [infra, p. 29], which was followed by a discussion in which Mr. Nutt, Mr. Lovett, and Mr. Gomme took part. Votes of thanks were accorded to Mr. Lovett and Miss Freer for their papers.

The following books and pamphlets; which had been

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