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Excerpt from Transactions, 1876-77, Vol. 26 The Council in presenting their report have great pleasure in referring to what they consider has been a most important phase in the history of the Institute, namely, the acquisition of a Royal Charter; this they consider has not only placed the affairs of the Institute on a more secure basis, but has greatly added to its prestige, and given it a more important position among the other scientific societies of the kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.