REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



AT THS CL08B OP THK 



SIXTEENTH SESSION. 



In presenting the Annual Report of the Leeds 

 Philosophical and Literary Society, the retiring Council 

 do not feel it necessary to detain the members present 

 at its Sixteenth Annual Meeting, from the consideration 

 of the important questions which await their delibera- 

 tion, by dwelling at much length on topics not vitally 

 affecting the interests of the Institution. 



The Society will learn with regret that a progressive 

 deterioration has taken place in its financial relations : 

 the balance due to the Treasurer on the ordinary 

 account, has been increased from £154 17s. Qjd. to 

 £171 12s. 3H. : this increase in the deficiency is per^ 

 haps partly to be attributed to an inevitable delay in 

 the collection of the subscriptions. The Proprietary 

 debt goes on still increasing with progressive rapidity, 

 and must receive the anxious attention of the newly 

 elected officers of the Society : the amount last year was 

 £263 18s., it is at present £277 ^s. With respect 

 to particular items of expenditure, it will be observed 

 that whilst on most heads there has been a considerable 

 reduction, the taxes have advanced from £7 8s. 3d. to 



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