PROCEEDINGS 



DUBIMa THE 



THIRTY-NINTH SESSION, 1850-61. 



FiKST Meeting — October 21, 1850. 

 J. B. YATES, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Being the Annual Meeting, in conformity with the 27th 

 law of the Society, the Seceetary read the Report of the 

 retiring Council : 



At the commencement of the Session, 1849-50, the Society 

 consisted of one hundred and forty Ordinary and sixty-two 

 Corresponding Members. Since then, fourteen Ordinary and 

 three Corresponding Members have been elected; and the 

 Society has lost ten by resignation, <!ftiange of residence, and 

 subscriptions falling into three years' arrears. The Society 

 consists therefore, of one hundred and forty-four Ordinary and 

 sixty-five Corresponding Members. 



At the Annual Meeting last Session, it will be recollected 

 that the Council recommended that the subscription of twenty 

 guineas per annum to the Royal Institution should be discon- 

 tinued. This has been carried into effect, and the relief thus 

 afforded to the funds of the Society has been considerable. 



The Council have taken it into consideration whether it 

 would be expedient for them to publish a volume of Proceed- 

 ings exclusively for the past session; and have decided to 

 delay printing until the next. In coming to this conclusion 

 they were influenced by the general character of the papers 



