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case in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge during the year. The compilation of a cata- logue of these objects with the view of rendering the collection more useful to students of Folk-lore is under consideration.
Some 25 books and pamphlets of a miscellaneous description have been added to the Society's library during the year.
The Society has issued during the year the 17th volume of Folk-lore. The Council are happy to say that the services of Miss Burne as Editor of the Journal are still at their disposal, and they venture to express their hope that they may long continue to be so. The Society owes Miss Burne a deep debt of gratitude for the great pains she has taken in performing a difficult, and sometimes, it is to be feared, irksome task. The Council have again to thank Mr. A. R. Wright for devoting so much of his brief leisure in preparing the index to the volume. The policy of illustrating freely has been continued, and is, it is believed, appreciated.
The Society has issued during the year for the first time a separate Bibliography of Folklore for 1905, pre- pared by Mr. N. W. Thomas. The Council are inviting the co-operation of other societies with kindred objects in future issues of a similar kind.
The additional volume promised for 1904, viz., a collection of Jamaican Folklore, entitled Jamaican Song and Story, by Mr. Walter Jekyll, will, it is hoped, be in the hands of members in the course of the next few weeks. The Council regret the delay that has occurred in issuing the volume, but owing to Mr. Jekyll's residence in Jamaica it has been inevitable.
Mr. M. Longworth Dames' Popular Poetry of the Baloches, the additional volume promised for 1905, will be issued to members at the same time as Mr. Jekyll's book. The Council of the Royal Asiatic Society are
