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Council have much pleasure in reporting that the numbers of the Society are well maintained. Fifteen members have resigned during the year, and there have been four deaths, but on the other hand twenty-five new members and two subscribers have been added to the roll, and the total number now stands at 434.

Meetings of the Society have been held as follows:—

19th January, 1910. (Annual Meeting.) Presidential Address: "The Value of European Folklore in the History of Culture." Miss Charlotte S. Burne.

16th February. "The Cult of Executed Criminals in Sicily." Mr. E. Sidney Hartland.

"The Congo Medicine-Man and his Black and White Magic." Rev. J. H. Weeks.

16th March. "The Ancient Charm-Hymns of Ireland." Miss Eleanor Hull.

"Method and Minotaur." Mr. A. Lang.

20th April. "Marriage Customs, Bedû and Fellahîn." Mrs. H. Hamish Spoer.

11th May. Address of Condolence voted to H.M. King George V. on the demise of H.M. King Edward VII.

1st June. "Okidâl, a Method of Killing among the Muppans, a hill tribe of Malabar." Mr. F. Fawcett.

"Some Nāga Customs and Superstitions." Mr. T. C. Hodson.

15th June. "Moorish Beliefs and Customs." Dr. Westermarck.

16th November. "Bushongo Mythology." Mr. E. Torday.

21st December. "King Midas and his Ass's Ears." Mr. W. Crooke.

"Some Charms and Amulets from Devonshire." Mr. E. Lovett.