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the Society has inevitably suffered from the continuance of the war, it is in the happy position of having added 12 new members to its roll. It is feared that few of those whose resignations in the year 1914 were due to the war, and whose names were retained upon the roll of members, will resume their subscriptions during the current year. Their names will therefore automatically disappear from the roll. The Council have allowed those who have resigned during 1915 for the same cause the option of having their names retained upon the roll and of receiving the quarterly parts of Folk-Lore until the end of the current year. The Council believe that they are adopting a sound policy in making this concession.

The total number of members and subscribers now stands at 419, as against 435 a year ago; but unfortunately a large number of subscriptions are in arrear.

The amount received in subscriptions during the year 1915 amounted to £390 12s. 2d., as compared with £414 10s. in 1914. The Society is to be congratulated on the relative strength of its financial position.

The Council deeply regret to have to record the death of Sir John Rhys, who for many years had been a Vice-President of the Society, and whose eminence as a Celtic scholar and whose valuable contributions to the study of folklore are so widely known.