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The thanks of your Committee are gladly accorded to the 

 Honorary Treasurer, Secretaries, Librarian, Curators and 

 Reporter, whose attention to the routine duties and un- 

 remitting solicitude for the welfare of the Club, greatly 

 contribute to its success. 



The Treasurer's statement of account shows a substantial 

 balance, principally by reason of the great expense of a 

 Soiree not having been incurred. There is, however, a large 

 and increasing arrear of subscriptions due, and your Com- 

 mittee cannot but express their regret that this should be 

 the case, and feel sure that the Members would not, if their 

 attention were called to it, allow the usefulness of the Club 

 to be restricted from this cause. 



Thirteen years' experience has shown that the Club, 

 established upon the true principle of encouraging an in- 

 terchange of ideas and information upon subjects in which 

 so many are mutually interested, has still a wide and in- 

 creasing field of action in this direction. It is to be hoped 

 that as time goes on, not only will its circle of usefulness 

 be still further enlarged, but also that those who benefit 

 by its assistance will show their interest in its welfare, by 

 making it the channel of their contributions to original 

 scientific research. 



