REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



AT THE 



CLOSE OF THE FOURTEENTH SESSION. 



The close of the Fourteenth Session again renders 

 it the duty of the retiring Council to report to the 

 Society at large on the events of the expiring year, and 

 although in that period there have been no occurrences 

 of any very striking character, yet the retrospect 

 presents to view an even tenor of unpretending utility 

 which affords good grounds of congratulation as regards 

 the past, and of hope in respect of the future. 



The state of the finances, on reference to the annexed 

 accounts, will indeed again be found to exhibit an 

 apparent excess in the expenditure over the receipts, 

 and an apparently increasing balance due to the 

 Treasurer, but on further examination it will be seen 

 that the old debt on the ordinary account has been 

 entirely paid off, and that in reality the pecuniary 

 concerns of the institution are in a moi»»T)rosperous 



