Annual Report of the Council. xliii 



The total balance at the close of the session amounted to 

 ;^304. 14s 2d., and the amounts standing at the debit and 

 credit of the separate accounts, on the 31st March, 1903, are 

 the following : — 



At the credit of General Fund p^i43 o 5 



,, ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 127 17 i 



,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 49 5 10 



,, , Dalton Tomb Fund 32 14 8 



^352 18 o 

 Less the amount standing at the debit of 



the Natural History Fund 48 3 10 



Cash iti hand 31st March, 1903 ^^,304 14 2 



In the ordinary receipts of the Society this session, two 

 special items appear, one of which is a compounding fee. The 

 needs of the Society for many years have not admitted of these 

 fees being kept in a separate account. The number of living 

 compounding members now stands at 6. The other item is 

 one for £^\ i. 5s. 9d., being the balance received from 

 the Treasurer of the dissolved Microscopical and Natural 

 History Section ; out of this amount the Society paid 

 ^d. 6s. 6d. for natural hisiory publications, which were 

 subscribed for by the Section prior to its dissolution. 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, which is kept as a separate 

 banking account, shows a balance of ^127, 17s. id., in its 

 favour, as against ^92. its. od. at the beginning of the 

 financial year. The receipts from the invested funds are 

 slightly less than last year, but your Council sees no reason 

 to make any change in its investments. Owing to the Wilde 

 Lecture this session being fixed tor a date beyond that for 

 the closing of this year's account, no items representing the 

 honorarium and the Wilde Medal appear, and the balance left is 

 improved to that extent over the balance at the beginning of the 

 session. 



