THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



The termination of the official year having arrived, 

 it again becomes the duty of the Council to lay be- 

 fore the Society a brief summary of its proceedings 

 during the past twelve months. 



Your Council has to commence its Report by re- 

 cording the severe loss, v^hich they, in common with 

 the nation at large, have sustained by the death of 

 their late President, R. Stephenson, Esq., whose con- 

 nection with them they have always considered a 

 very high honor, his best efforts being ever exerted 

 as regards both his purse and his talents for the 

 Society's welfare ; and they feel that a great respon- 

 sibility attaches itself to the Society in the election 

 of his successor. 



