ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT

BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

This Institute was established in 1871 by the amalgamation of the older Anthropological Society and Ethnological Society. It has for its object the promotion of the Science of Mankind—Anthropology—by the accumulation of observations bearing on man’s past history and present state in all parts of the globe. It investigates, in a rigorously exact manner, everything that can throw light upon the laws of man’s nature: his origin, history, and capabilities of progressive development and civilisation. It studies him structurally and psychologically, under the several types in which he is found in various regions; and comparatively, in relation to the rest of the animal kingdom. The ultimate object of the Institute, therefore, is to build up a Science of Man on a basis of well-ascertained fact, and logically deduced inference. As means to this end, the Council of the Institute has adopted a plan of operations, the principal heads of which are as follow:—

1. Meetings for the reading of papers and for discussion of anthropological questions. 2. The issue of a Journal containing Reports of the Proceedings at the Meetings, with other matters of anthropological interest.

■vafi 3. The appointment of Local Correspondents in all parts of the world to collect information, and to aid the Institute in its operations. 4. The maintenance of a library, which contains sets of all the principal Anthropological Journals published in the United Kingdom or

' elsewhere, besides a large and valuable collection of books of reference, travels and researches, an extensive collection of photo¬

graphs and lantern slides, and much unpublished material for the use of students of Anthropology. Fellows residing in the country, as well as in London, can borrow books from the library. 5. The appointment of Committees to conduct special investigations, as occasion offers, in the various branches of Anthropology. 6. Co-operation with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and with foreign scientific societies in anthropological investigations; co-operation with individuals and institutions in aid of explorations and in the establishment of local centres of anthropological study;

and, generally, the stimulation of individual and local efforts to further the objects of the Institute. The annual subscription is Two Guineas, which is due on election (unless such election takes place in the month of November or December) and on the 1st of January in each succeeding year. A Member may at any time compound his future subscriptions by the payment of £31 10s.

— Persons who wish to become Fellows of the Institute are requested to communicate with the Secretary, 50, Great Russell Street, W.O.