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 vi Annual Report of the Council.

Nov. 15. A Note on Rescuing a Person from Drowning. By W.

B. Garish. The Fifth of November. By Miss C. S. Burne. Masock, a Cinghalese game. By Mrs. Murray-Aynsley. Magpie Folk-Lore. By E. Peacock, F.S.A. On Some Incidents in Two Trials for Murder in Southern

India. By E. Sewell. Dec. 20. Scripture Tableaux in Italian Churches, and Italian Votive

Offerings. By W. H. D. Rouse. Old Northern Folk-Lore and Folk-Faith. By F. York

Powell, F.S.A. Cursing-Stones in Co. Fermanagh, Cavan, etc. By G. H.

Kinahan, F.S.A.

During the year the Society has lost one member by death, and twenty-five by withdrawal. Twenty-eight new members have been elected, so that the number on the books is only slightly increased.

The Council urge upon all who have the welfare of the Society at heart to join the Society and retain their membership, whether they may be able or not to be present at the Evening Meetings. If the work already undertaken by the Council is to be carried out, there must be no diminution in the number of members, and if a permanent habitation is to be secured, the numbers must be materially increased. This is a point which the Council feel they cannot impress too strongly upon the members of the Society individually, and they trust that' during the coming year they may be able to enlist the sympathy and co-operation of many to whom the Society is at present unknown.

The accounts of the Society, as audited, are presented herewith. The balance to the credit of the Society stands at a somewhat lower figure than it did a year ago ; but this is accounted for by the fact that the whole of the dis- bursements on account of the Congress Committee have been already made, while some few of the guarantees are still outstanding. The Council, however, regret to say that the Society will eventually be some £y^ out of pocket