15RNQRS of the Society, by a subscription of 

 Ten Guineas each. Another Member, and 

 four more Annual Subscribers, have likewise 

 been added to our number. These important 

 additions will naturally pave the way for 

 others ; and a further increase of Members 

 and Subscribers will be announced at the 

 present Meeting. 



While the funds of the Society have been 

 materially augmented by the addition of so 

 many new contributors, your Council have 

 also the satisfaction of stating, that the sub- 

 scription commenced at last Annual Meeting, 

 to assist in defraying the expense of fitting up 

 the new Museum, has produced the sum of 

 £3Q, including £3 received as Donations from 

 Visitors. A few other Members, who have not 

 yet seen the subscription list, are expected to 

 add their names ; and if the amount shall thus 

 be increased a few pounds more, enough will 

 have been raised to pay off the whole debt of 

 £76j and upwards, due at last Annual Meet- 

 ing, without encroaching on the resources of 

 the ensuing year. This statement cannot fail 

 to be highly gratifying to all the Members and 

 Friends of the Institution, as it indicates a 

 degree of prosperity exceeding the most san- 

 guine expectations that had been entertained. 



But this is not all. — Soon after our last 

 Anniversary, Colonel James Wilson, M. P., 

 whose liberality your Society has fi^o ,qf^^^^ (6^- 



