Annual Report of the Council. xxv. 



MANCHESTER 

 LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



Annual Report of the Council, April igi'/. 



The Society had at the beginning of the Session an ordinary 

 membership of 138. Since thein four new members have joined 

 the Society, and three membejrs have resigned. There are, 

 therefore, at the end of the Session 139 ordinary members of 

 the Society. 



The Society has lost, by death, three honorary members, viz.. 

 Dr. Ehe Metschnikoff, For.Mem,.R.S.; Sir Wilham Ramsey, 

 JCC.B., Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., F.R.S.; Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, 

 DjC.L., LLp., F.R.S. Memorial notices of Dr. Metschnikoff 

 and Sir William Ramsay appear with this Report. 



Twenty-six papers have been read at the meetings during 

 the year; fifteen shorter communications have also been made. 



The (Society commenced the session with a balance in hand, 

 fjrdm all sources, of ;^329 8s. 4d., made up as follows : — 



At credit of General Fund ^27 19 i 



„ „ Wilde Endowment Fund 224 12 o 



„ „ Joule Memorial Fund 76 17 3 



Balance 31st March, 1916 ^^329 8 4 



The balance in hand at the close of the Session amounted 

 to ;^232 8s. od., the amounts standing at credit of the various 

 accounts on the 31st March[, 191 7, being: — 



At credit of General Fund ^'69 4 3 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fimd 81 6 9 



„ „ Joule Memorial Fund 81 17 o 



Balance 31st March, 1917 ^232 8 o 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, kept as a separate banking 

 account, shows a balance due to the Fund of ^81 6s. 9d. in 

 Its favour, as against a balance in hand of ^224 12s. od. at the 

 fend of the last financial year. The receipts for the' yeiar 191 6- 17 

 shoA\^ a slight decrease as compared with those for the previous 

 year. 



