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GENERAL MEETING, 



12, Hanovee Square, Monday, May 22, 1865. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Since the last General Meeting in December 41 members have 

 died ; and the names of 220 members have been removed from 

 the list by retirement, nearly the whole number of these having 

 joined the Society for the Newcastle Meeting only ; while 

 3 Governors and 95 members have been elected, so that the 

 Society now consists of 



79 Life Governors, 



81 Annual Governors, 

 1386 Life Members, 

 4190 Annual Members, 



16 Honorary Members, 



making a total of 5752. 



The Council have elected Sir Massey Lopes, Bart,, M.P., a 

 Member of Council, in the room of the late Mr. Buller, M.P. 



The half-yearly statement of accounts to 31st of December, 

 1864, has been examined and approved by the auditors and 

 accountants of the Society, and, together with the Balance-sheet 

 for the whole year 1864, and a statement of the Country Meeting 

 for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been published in the last number 

 of the ' Journal.' The funded capital has been increased by a 

 further investment of 2000/., and now stands at 21,027/. 195. Qd. 

 in the New Three per Cents. ; 1000/. remains on deposit with the 

 Society's Bankers, and the current cash-balance in their hands on 

 the 1st instant was 1981/. 17^. 2d. 



Members will have observed in the accounts for 1864, the 

 item of a legacy of ten guineas left by the late Beriah Botfield, 

 Esq., M.P.. the first instance of a bequest to the funds of the 

 Society. 



