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REPORT OF COUNCIL, 



AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTH SESSION. 



In reporting the state of the Society at the 

 close of the Seventh Session, your Council have it 

 in their power to follow the example of their 

 predecessors, and once more to congi-atulate the 

 Members upon its continued and increasing- 

 prosperity. 



The Report of a Literary Society, like the 

 biography of a learned man, necessarily contains 

 not many striking incidents. Those of you, 

 howfever, who, having watched over this Institution 

 from its commencement, now regard the tokens of 

 its prosperity a^ the fruits of their vigilance, will 

 doubtless listen with pleasure to the few occurrences 

 about to be reported as its transactions during the 

 year. 



At this period of the Society's existence, any 

 very considerable increase in the number of its 

 Members could scarcely be anticipated ; since it 

 may be fairly presumed that its merits are now 



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