Fairman Ordish, and based to a large extent upon contributions by members of the Society. Mr. Ordish has made good progress with the work, and it is hoped that it may be published in the course of the year. The Council have not yet finally decided what is to be the additional volume for the year 1904.
The work on the proposed Bibliography of Folklore is at a standstill, and the Council under the circumstances detailed in their last Report have not seen fit to reappoint the Bibliography Committee.
A considerable amount of matter was collected for the compilation of the Annual Bibliography of British Folklore, but Mr. A. R. Wright, who is kindly arranging the material, found so much verification and supplementing necessary, that he was unable, to his great disappointment, to complete it in time for this year's volume of Folk-Lore as intended. The best method of preparing this Bibliography is one of the most pressing matters now awaiting the consideration of the Council.
An effort was made to arouse greater interest in the meetings of the Anthropological Section of the British Association by sending notices of the meetings to all the members of the Society resident in Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Isle of Man, and urging them to attend. Southport, however, is difficult of access for many members; and it is feared that the Society was not represented by many attendances at the meetings, notwithstanding that Mr. E. S. Hartland was a Vice-President of the Anthropological Section, and other members of the Society took an active part in the proceedings of the Association. The Council would impress upon members the importance of the Society being well represented at these meetings.
The Council submit herewith the annual accounts and balance sheet duly audited, and the balloting list for the Council and officers for the ensuing year.
F. York Powell,
President.
