OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 



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in the near future. It has not yet reached the high tide of success 

 which we hope it is fairly on the way for, but it is confidently be- 

 lieved that the day is not far distant ; in the meantime, your Editor 

 assures you that he is sparing no efforts to bring it about, and he 

 would again beg of you, not only personally, but by the help of 

 your friends, to furnish him with suitable Papers for insertion, and 

 by your individual influence to endeavour to promote its sale. 



Owing to an extraordinary pressure of work from various sources 

 connected with the Society and the Journal, and from an unusual 

 share of ill-health during the past summer, your Hon. Sec. has 

 allowed many Members to become defaulters. The Balance Sheet 

 annexed was made out Sept. 8th. It is hoped that before our 

 meeting the adverse balance will be considerably reduced, as 

 the Society is really in a greater state of prosperity than at the 

 corresponding date last year. 



The Secretary produced his Annual Statement of Receipts 

 and Payments, a copy of which was handed to each member 

 present, and was as follows : — 



The Treasurer hi account with the Postal Alicroscopical Society. 



Dr. 

 To Receipts 



£ s. d. 

 96 5 o 



To Balance due to 



Treasurer ... 16 17 



o 



Cr. £, s. 



By Balance brot. forward 13 16 



Postages, Stamps, etc. 34 1 1 



Journey to London for 

 i\nnual Meeting ... 



Two Visitors 



Dinner-Cards 



Christmas-Box to Post- 

 man 



Printing Circulars, etc. 



New Note & Ac. Books 



Envelopes ... 



Repairing Boxes 



Circulating Journals . . 



181 copies P. M.S. Jul. 

 to Members 



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55 



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55 



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55 



55 



55 



2 

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7 



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2 

 10 



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9 

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45 5 o 



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The Secretary explained that there were still outstanding subscrip- 

 tions which he considered would reduce the deficit appearing in 

 the balance sheet to a nominal amount. So large an amount of 

 arrears was in some degree to be accounted for by his illness, in 

 consequence of which some portions of his work had been allowed 

 to fall into arrear. 



