16 REPORT, 



commencement of the present year, with a second donation. 

 But the Council have not thought it right, after the advance 

 which has lately been agreed to in the annual subscription, to 

 call upon the members specifically for a further contribution. 



The necessity which existed for increasing the Annual 

 Income, is sufficiently shown by the report of the Treasurer 

 for the past year ; for although the Meeting will perceive 

 that the balance against the Society is again reduced, so as 

 to amount at present only to an inconsiderable sum, this 

 reduction has been effected as before, out of the fluctuating 

 fund which arises from the entrance of new members, with- 

 out which the Society's debt, instead of being lessened, 

 would have been augmented to £75. It appears that the 

 increased rate of subscription has not diminished the number 

 of admissions, which have been more in the last than in the 

 preceding 'year ; and there is every reason to expect that 

 the position which the Society now occupies, and the advan- 

 tages which it oflPers, will continue to multiply its numbers. 

 The Council cannot quit this subject, without noticing the 

 liberal manner in which one ^ of the Patrons of the Society 

 has expressed his opinion upon it, by paying the arrears of 

 his subscription for three years, according to the present 

 rate ; nor can they refrain from congratulating the Meeting 

 upon the adoption of a measure which will have fully 

 ensured the efficiency of the Institution, if the contributions 

 solicited for the Building Fund should prove sufficient to 

 leave the annual income unimpaired. 



1 The Earl of Tyrconnel. 



