"I 

 FIFTH REPORT 



OF THE 



1825. 



A Recurrence of the period appointed by the laws of 

 your society for its anniversary meeting, calls upon your Coun- 

 cil to fulfil their customary duty of reviewing the proceedings 

 t)f the past session. 



In a document of this nature, Tiowever, it becomes 

 €very year more difficult to supply that variety of detail, 

 without which an official communication becomes merely a 

 tiresome form, devoid of interest or effect. The opera- 

 tions of a Literary Society, after its first establishment, are 

 for the most part so uniform, the transactions of one session 

 being almost a repetition of those which have preceded it, 

 that little opportunity exists for any thing but a narration of 

 ordinary matters of fact. 



It will, however, be the aim of yoxa Council, in the 

 following Teport, to select such subjects, as appear to them 

 more peculiarly connected with the welfare of the Society, 

 and on that account more especially worthy of your attentive 

 consideration. 



In the first place, it is highly gratifying to perceive a 

 considerable accession to the number of its members, both 

 proprietary and ordinary, six of the one, and twenty-two of 

 the other, having been elected in the course of the present 

 session ; being a greater addition of members, of the latter 

 denomination, than has occurred during any preceding similar 



