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publications for the year 1883 were Mr. William George Black's Folk Medicine, and the Folk-Lore Journal issued to the members in monthly parts. The first-mentioned volume is one of the most important yet published by the Society. With reference to the Folk-Lore Journal the Council are glad to report that the result, financially, has been successful. At the same time the Council have to repeat their expressions of regret conveyed in the Annual Report last year, that more active co-operation is not forthcoming among the members of the Society. The Folk-Lore Journal is an excellent medium of inter-communication, and the Council cannot but think that many members might be able to render important service if they would place themselves en rapport with the Council and with the Folk-Tale Committee. To the various contributors of papers to the Folk-Lore Journal the Society is much indebted.

The Folk-Tale Committee continue to receive most active assistance in the work of tabulation from Mr. William John Crombie, Mr. George L. Apperson, Mr. E. Sydney Hartland, and others. Some of these tabulations have been selected for printing in the Folk-Lore Journal. As a result of this experiment, the work of printing appeared to the Committee so important to the success of their labours that their recommendation to the Council to utilize the Journal for this purpose was