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Rh The objects marked with an asterisk have been presented to the Society, and either have been or will in due course be placed in the Society's case at the Museum of Archæology and Ethnology at Cambridge.

The number of objects exhibited contrasts favourably with the number exhibited in 1902, and the Council are much gratified that the suggestion thrown out in the last Report has been so well responded to. There can be no doubt that these exhibitions contribute in no small degree to the success of the meetings, and it is hoped that arrangements may be made to secure some exhibits at every meeting during the current session.

The attendance at the meetings has been uniformly good. At the Shakespeare meeting in April there were between 400 and 500 present, but on that occasion the majority belonged to other societies. It was thought that this meeting might have been the means of interesting a wide circle in the work of the Society, but the Council regret to say that it has not resulted in a single recruit.

The Council have no event of such interest to report as the visit to Oxford so kindly arranged for them by Mr. R. R. Marett in the autumn of 1902; but they would welcome any suggestion for holding an additional meeting at some convenient centre out of London during the year 1904.

The Lecture Committee has been unable to get on with its work since the issue of the last Report, owing to the difficulty of finding a successor to Mrs. Kate Lee; but that difficulty it is hoped may shortly be overcome. The Council are glad to announce that through the instrumentality of Dr. Haddon and Miss Eleanor Hull two courses of lectures on Folklore have been inaugurated in connection with the National Home Reading Union, one dealing with the subject from a general point of view, the other making a special study of Celtic Literature and Folklore. Thanks to the energy of Mr. E. Lovett, the Borough Council of Stepney have also formed a reading circle on Folklore, and on the 17th November Mr. Lovett gave an introductory address to