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Council are glad to be able to announce to the Members of the Hakluyt Society, that since the date of the last annual report, there has again been an accession to their numbers, and that two of the new members have taken complete sets of the volumes.

It will also be a source of satisfaction to the Members of the Hakluyt Society to learn that one of their volumes has been of great practical value, in navigating a ship through intricate channels. Captain Penny, who is well known as the commander of one of the expeditions that were sent in search of Sir John Franklin, has reported that, when Parry's chart failed him, he was enabled to guide his ship through the Savage group into Fox's Channel, by the aid of one of the Hakluyt Society's volumes (The Geography of Hudson's Bay, being the remarks of Captain W. Coats, edited by John Barrow, Esq.) He adds that, in passing into Hudson's Bay, between Southampton and Mansfield islands, the only guide he had was Coats's Journal. Captain Penny's use of this volume affords a proof that the ancient voyages and travels printed by the Hakluyt Society, may often be of real practical use to seamen and explorers, as well as interesting to men of letters.

Since the last General Meeting, the following volume has been delivered to members:—

"The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, from the gulf of Darien to the city of La Plata, contained in the