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minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mr. G. Bryans, Mr. L. Dudley Buxton, and Thakur Rajendra Singh as members of the Society was announced. The enrolment of the Wigan Public Library as a subscriber was also announced.

Col. Shakespeare exhibited and explained a number of paintings illustrative of Manipuri Festivals and Costumes.

Mr. G. R. Carline exhibited three ear-plugs worn through the ears by Swahili women in Zanzibar; Dr. Hildburgh a brass horse ornament from Madrid; and Mr. F. Fawcett a mascot known as Ninette Rintintin used as a protection against air raids in France, which he presented to the Society.

Miss Murray read a paper entitled “Constitution of the Witch Culture in Great Britain”; and in the discussion which followed, Sir James Frazer, Dr. Gaster, Col. Shakespeare, Mrs. Scoresby Routledge, Miss Raleigh, Mr. A. R. Wright, Mr. G. Whale and Mrs. Coote Lake took part.

The meeting terminated with hearty votes of thanks to Miss Murray for her paper; to Col. Shakespeare for exhibiting and explaining his paintings; to Mr. Carline, Dr. Hildburgh and Mr. Fawcett for exhibiting their respective objects: and to Mr. Fawcett for presenting the object exhibited by him to the Society.

minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Prof. T. Gwynn Jones, Mr. C. Beadle, and Mr. Kumar S. Kumar Ray as members of the Society was announced.