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V.]

President (Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, F.S.A.) in the chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The admission of the Public Library, Providence, U.S.A., was announced.

The following books, which had been presented to the Society, were laid on the table, viz.: "Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folk-lore of N.W. India," by Mr. Crooke, B.A.; "Les travaux publics et les mines," by M. Paul Sébillot.

Mrs. E. F. Andrews exhibited the following, viz.: Kafir bangles for the arm and leg, a Kafir pipe, Kafir snuffboxes, a Kafir porridge spoon, a club used by Kafir women for despatching the wounded, a necklace of ant's eggs made by aged Kafir women, a pair of Basuto bangles, a silver bracelet (North American demon and totem), a specimen of Kafir sculpture, and a photograph of Kafir dressing skins with sharp stones.

A note by Mr. R. Weir Schultz, on a London popular custom called "Tommy on the Tub's Grave," communicated by Mr. J. G. Frazer, was read by the President (see infra, p. 290).

A note by Mr. Babington Smith on an Indian custom, communicated by Mr. J. G. Frazer, was also read (see infra, p. 340}.