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Folk-lore Society.
An Inedited English Folk-tale. By Mr. Joseph Jacobs.
Marriage Customs of the Mordvins. By the Hon. J. Abercromby.
The Collection of English Folk-lore. By Miss Burne.
Hungarian Folk-lore. By Lewis H. Kropf.


The opening address of the session 1890-91 was delivered on November 19th, by Mr. G. L. Gomme, Director of the Society.

The list of members proposed for the new Council is as follows:—


President: Andrew Lang, M.A.

Vice-Presidents: Edward B. Tylor, LL.D., F.R.S., The Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., M.P., Lt.-Gen, Pitt-Rivers, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., The Earl of Powis.

Director: G. L. Gomme, F.S.A., 1, Beverley Villas, Barnes Common, S.W.


Council:

The Hon. John Abercromby

Dr. Karl Blind.

Edward Brabrook, F.S.A.

Dr. Robert Brown.

Miss C. S. Burne.

Miss Roalfe Cox.

J. G. Frazer, M.A.

Dr. Gaster.

Professor A. C. Haddon.

E. Sidney Hartland, F.S.A.

A. Granger Hutt, F.S.A.

J. Jacobs.

His Honour Judge Brynmor Jones.

W. F. Kirby.

Alfred Nutt.

T. Fairman Ordish, F.S.A.

Major R. C. Temple.

Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A.

Hon. Treasurer: Edward Clodd, 19, Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, N.

Auditors: G. L. Apperson, John Tolhurst, F.S.A.

Local Secretaries: Ireland, Professor Haddon and G. H. Kinahan; South Scotland, William George Black; North Scotland, Rev. Walter Gregor; India, Major R. C. Temple; China, J. Stewart Lockhart; Persia, J. J. Fahie.

Honorary Secretary: J. J. Foster, Offa House, Upper Tootinjj, S.W.

The accounts of the Society are appended to this report, and the Council think there is some cause for congratulation in the financial condition of the Society. Eliminating