25-2 Annual Report of the Council. 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1889. 



The Treasurer reports that the improvement in the 

 Society's finances, which was referred to in the Annual 

 Report of the Council for 1888, has been fully maintained 

 throughout the current year, and for the first time for many 

 years, balances remain at the credit of all the accounts. 

 The general balance in favour of the Society on the 31st 

 March, 1889, as represented by cash on deposit at the 

 Society's bankers, is ^335. 8s. 2d. In addition to this 

 amount, the Society holds ;^i,225 preference stock in the 

 Great Western Railway Co., the interest upon which is 

 devoted to Natural History purposes in accordance with 

 the terms of the trust. 



The accompanying balance sheets will explain the 

 sources of income, and the expenditure, of the Society 

 during the session now ended, and, as usual, the corres- 

 ponding information for the previous session is appended 

 for purposes of comparison. 



The Societies which are accommodated on the premises 

 are the same as last year, viz. : the Manchester Geological 

 Society, the Manchester Medical Society, the Manchester 

 Photographic Society, and the Manchester Scientific Students' 

 Association, who have paid the amounts stated in the 

 balance sheet. 



A special item appears in the accounts this session, viz., 

 a grant of £i^\. os. /d. from the Local General Committee, 

 and Guarantors, of the British Association Meeting held in 

 Manchester in 1887, which was paid over to the Society 

 in accordance with the terms of the following resolution, 

 passed at the Town Hall, Manchester, 6th March, 1888, 



