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FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT. 



In presenting their forty-first Annual Report your Committee is 

 again able to congratulate the members on an improvement in 

 the Club's position. 



During the twelve months ending December 31st last, fifty-seven 

 ordinary members and one honorary member — viz. Dr. Eugene 

 Penarcl, of Geneva — were elected. This number compares well 

 with the forty-eight elected in the previous twelve months and 

 with the decennial average, which is forty-one. During the year, 

 however, twenty-two members were lost by resignation and five 

 were removed for nonpayment of subscriptions. Nine members 

 died during the same period, amongst whom were Mr. J. J. Vezey, 

 a Vice-President and former Treasurer of the Club, an obituary 

 notice of whom appeared in the April Journal ; Mr. Edward 

 Jaques, B.A., who was one of the twelve original members of the 

 Club and its first Librarian • Mr. Duncan S. Miller, who was a 

 familiar figure at the Club until a short time since ; and Mr. E. 

 Larmer, who will be remembered as one of the most regular 

 exhibitors on " gossip " nights. 



The total number of members on the books of the Club on 

 December 31st, 1906, was 414, as against 402 in 1905 and 382 

 in 1904, thus showing a continuous and satisfactory increase. 



The attendance both on " gossip " nights and at the ordinary 

 meetings continues to be extremely large, and there has been no 

 appreciable falling off in the character of the exhibits, though, 

 perhaps, the number of exhibitors shows a tendency to decrease, 

 due to the death or removal from London of certain regular 

 exhibitors. This is a matter which will doubtless adjust itself as 

 their places are filled by other members, but your Committee 

 think it desirable to draw attention to the fact, as they recognise 

 that the success of the Club is largely bound up with the interest 

 of the " gossip " nights, which, again, are dependent on the efforts 

 of the exhibitors. Members working in special fields of research 



