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through having financed the Congress, and they suggest that, with a view of meeting the deficiency, every member of the Society who has not already done so should pur- chase a copy of the Transactio7is.
The Council, having taken into consideration the temporary arrangement entered into with Messrs. Nutt a year ago for the publication of Folk-Lore^ have come to the conclusion that it is not expedient, in the interests of the Society, to continue it, but that the ownership and control of the Journal should henceforth be vested solely in the Society. With a view of giving effect to their resolution, they considered the future conduct of the Journal, and decided as follows : —
1. That the Journal be a record of the Society's pro- ceedings and actions, similar to the published Transactions of other learned societies. The basis of the Journal there- fore will be the Proceedings of the Evening Meetings, and of the Provincial Meeting. There will be recorded : (i) The papers read at the Evening Meetings (subject to the Council's approval of each paper) ; (2) the objects ex- hibited ; (3) donations to the Library or Museum ; (4) the papers read at the Provincial Meeting (subject to the Council's approval of each paper). The remainder of the Journal will consist of {a) the Bibliography ; {U) Notes and Queries ; {c) Notices and Reviews of current works ; {d) Folk-lore Miscellanea and Correspondence.
2. That the Journal be issued in four Parts, as at present.
3. The method of management is a somewhat difficult subject, but, on the whole, the Council came to the con- clusion that a small and specially selected Committee be appointed for the purpose of managing and editing the Journal, the Chairman of which Committee should under- take such of the technical part of the editing as requires personal attention. They are pleased to be able to state that Mr. Nutt has consented to act as Chairman, and that
