48 OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 



The various items were then gone through and closely criti- 

 cised, to ascertain if any saving in the expenses of the Society 

 could be effected. 



The Secretary explained that the sum oi £6 2s., charged for 

 circulating Journals, was repaid to the Society by members who 

 received them, and who paid an extra subscription for the privi- 

 lege of reading them. 



The Chairman explained that the gross receipts were about 

 the same as those of last year, because last year the cost of the 

 Journal was not included in the subscription. 



The Rev. R. K. Corser understood that the Journal was the 

 Secretary's private account. 



The Chairman replied that the Secretary was responsible in 

 every way for the Journal, but he charged the Society for as many 

 copies as there were members in the Society. 



The Chairman thought they ought to have a clean balance 

 sheet before starting on a new year. 



Mr. Hammond considered that the unpaid subscriptions might 

 be treated as an asset. 



A long discussion ensued on the other items in the account, 

 and various suggestions were made ; but with the exception of the 

 new note and account books and repair of boxes, which were not 

 likely to recur again for some years, it was not found possible 

 to greatly decrease the expenses of the Society. 



The report was then adopted. 



The Secretary then brought up the question whether there 

 should be a conversazione instead of a dinner at future annual 

 meetings of the Society. 



The Rev. E. T. Stubbs inquired if the dinner was a loss to 

 the Society. 



The Secretary replied that the members paid for the dinner 

 if 25 were present. He had made inquiries as to the cost of a 

 room suitable for a conversazione, and he could not get one under 

 2J guineas, with an extra charge if refreshments were supplied. 



Some considerable discussion took place, in which it was 

 pointed out that the question was not so much one of expense as 

 the loss of time necessarily taken up by the dinner, which pre- 

 vented the members meeting freely after the cloth was removed. 



Eventually, Dr. Kesteven proposed, "That at the next 

 annual meeting of the Society, a conversazione should be held 

 instead of a dinner." 



The Rev. E. T. Stubbs seconded the resolution, 



