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 8 Annual Report of the Council.

to thank Miss Burne for the valuable assistance she has rendered to the Society in editing the volume, and Mr. im Thurn and Mr. Gerish for their liberal contributions towards the cost of illustrating their respective papers. The growing interest evinced in the Transactions is shown by the fact that during the year there were 65 contributors as against 40 in 1900, while the number of articles, letters, and reviews contributed was 116 as against 99.

The Council venture to think the journal has not been unworthy of the Society, and are confident that so long as it remains under its present editorship it will keep up to its general level of excellence. The Society is again indebted to Mr. A. R. Wright for the Index to the volume.

In addition to the Transactions the Society has issued two other volumes during the year, viz. County Folklore, vol. ii., North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty, by Mrs. Gutch, being the extra volume for 1899 ; and The Games of Argyteshire, by Dr. R. C. Maclagan, being the extra volume for 1900. Mr. Seligmann has also at the request of the Council prepared a number of Queries on Totemism, which have been published with a Preface by Mr. Hartland. It is proposed to distribute these queries, along with copies of Mr. Hartland's last Presidential Address, among missionaries and others working in Africa ; and in this way it is hoped that much useful information may be elicited.

As announced a year ago, the extra volume for 1901 will be a further instalment of County Folklore, consisting of Mr. Black's Orkney and Shetland collection. The work is now in the press, and will, it is hoped, be in the hands of members by the middle of the year. The Council have not yet finally decided what is to be the extra volume for 1902, but hope to be in a position to do so at an early date.

The Society was represented at the meeting of the British Association at Glasgow by Mr. Crooke, Mr. Elworthy, Sir John and Lady Evans, Mr. A. J. Evans, Dr. H. O. Forbes, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, Mr. J. L. Myres, Professor Rhys, Mr. W. W. Skeat, and Mr. Brabrook.