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Rh Nov. 19. "Superstitions and Survivals amongst Shepherds," and "Amulets and Charms from Costers' Barrows in London, Rome, and Naples." Mr. E. Lovett.

Dec. 16. "Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People." The Rev. J. H. Weeks.

At the April meeting Mr. W. L. Hildburgh exhibited and explained the uses of a number of Belgian and Portuguese amulets, and also exhibited a case of Italian amulets; at the June meeting Mr. E. Lovett and Mr. A. R. Wright exhibited and explained a large number of ancient and modern British amulets and charms; at the November meeting Mr. Lovett exhibited some tallies in use by the Southdown Shepherds; and at the December meeting Mr. A. R. Wright and the Rev. A. E. Scrivener exhibited a number of fetish and other objects from the Congo, illustrative of the Rev. J. H. Weeks's paper.

There was a good attendance at the meetings, with the exception of those in June and December. The poor attendance at the June meeting is to be much regretted, as the exhibition of British amulets and charms by Messrs. Lovett and Wright elicited a particularly interesting discussion, a résumé of which appears in Folk-Lore.

The additions to the library during the year will be found appended to the minutes of the June meeting (Folk-Lore, p. 258).

The Society has issued during the year the 19th volume of Folk-Lore, one of the largest and most fully illustrated which has yet appeared. The quarterly numbers issued in March and June were edited by Miss Burne, who, to the deep regret of the Council, has found it necessary to resign the post of editor which she had filled with such conspicuous success for so many years. Her successor has yet to be appointed. Mr. Longworth Dames very kindly undertook to edit the September and December numbers of the