nEPORT. 3 



the arrangements required to bring llieni before the eye, to 

 the extent desirable in an institution which cannot command 

 the constant attendance of a Curator, will amply account to 

 the Meeting for the principal item in the expenditure of the 

 last year, the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-eight Pounds, 

 employed in furnishing the Rooms. The remaining expenses 

 may be generally stated to have consisted in Sixt^-five Pounds 

 laid out in Books and Maps, and about One Hundred Pounds 

 in defraying charges which must be expected to be of annual 

 recurrence. These disbursements have left, at the end of 

 18^24, a balance on the books in favour of the Society, to the 

 amount of Seventy Pounds, which, added to the Subscriptions 

 due for 1825, makes an income of Two Hundred Pounds 

 ready to meet the demands of the ensuing year: its finances, 

 therefore, considering also the probability of increased 

 resources from the accession of new members, must be con- 

 sidered as in a satisfactory state ; and the Council have 

 in consequence thought themselves justified in undertaking 

 to advance the sum of Fifty Pounds, to meet a subscription 

 which has been raised for the purpose of putting the Society 

 in possession of a collection of Ancient Coins, valued at Two 

 Hundred Guineas. The liberality thus called into action, 

 has made a present to the Society which will at once give 

 an interest to this department of the Museum, and which 

 there is every reason to hope will have the effect of attracting 

 many future contributions. 



The Council have great satisfaction in calling the attention 

 of the Meeting to a new source of income, appearing on the 

 accounts which are now laid before them. Two courses 



