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on agricultural subjects could daily be consulted by the members 

 of the Society. All these advantages^ the Council have the satis- 

 faction of stating, have not only been fully attained in the present 

 house in which they now meet, but an opportunity has also pre- 

 sented itself of placing the remainder of the house not required 

 for the purposes of the Society at the disposal of the secretary, as 

 a suitable residence for himself and his family — an arrangement 

 which will not only materially conduce to the satisfactory and 

 convenient discharge of his official duties, but will at the same 

 time be advantageous, in many points of view, to the general 

 interests of the Society; and the whole of these desirable objects 

 accomplished at an annual rent so moderate as to exceed but by 

 30Z. the yearly payment for the hire of the apartments formerly 

 occupied in Cavendish Square ; the rent of the whole of the 

 present house being 300/., and that of the fixtures 30/., with a 

 liability of 50Z. for rates and taxes : while the charge on the 

 apartments alone in Cavendish Square amounted to 350/. 



The Finance Committee have reported the steady funding 

 effected from time to time of the life-compositions of governors 

 and members, and have announced, through the medium of the 

 Journal, the great advantage attending the transmission of sub- 

 scriptions from the country by means of post-office orders. They 

 have also presented to the Council the several balance-sheets of 

 the accounts of the Society, as examined and approved by the 

 auditors, and now laid on the table for inspection, together with 

 the general ledger of accounts, in which the details of the various 

 receipts and payments will be found entered at length under their 

 proper heads : and the following statement of the present amount 

 of members ; no less than 500 new members having been elected 

 during the last six months : — 



Life governors . . . 101 



Annual governors . . . 211 



Life members . . . 328 



Annual members . . . 5194 



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