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members ; but your Committee cannot imagine that a circum- 

 stance of this kind is permanent in its character. 



Your Committee, bearing in mind the great expense attendant 

 upon a Soiree, have not felt justified in holding one during the past 

 year. 



Your Committee have considered it advisable to invest the sum 

 of £40 out of the subscriptions in view of future contingencies ; 

 and they propose to make similar investments from time to time as 

 circumstances permit. 



A Special Exhibition Meeting was, by the kind permission of the 

 College, held on the 31st of March, and was quite as successful as 

 that held in the preceding year. Fewer invitations were issued, in 

 order to avoid the overcrowding previously complained of, but the 

 attendance of members and visitors was very satisfactory, and the 

 objects exhibited were numerous and interesting, and of a kind well 

 calculated to keep up the prestige of the Club in this respect. 



The Club has again to thank the Committee of Management of 

 University College for their kindness in renewing permission to 

 hold the Club meetings in the College for the ensuing session, and 

 for the assurance that the ^friendly relations between them remain 

 unaltered. 



Your Committee beg to thank the Officers of the Club for their 

 honorary services during the past year, well knowing how much 

 of its success is due to their efficiency. 



Having regard to the great increase in the resources of the Club 

 made during the last few years, your Committee hope that the 

 members will hereafter avail themselves to a greater extent of the 

 advantages of obtaining instruction and information offered by its 

 present efficient condition, and by the social and friendly inter- 

 course that characterizes it. 



