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proposed by Mr. Edward Donner, seconded by Mr. Mark 

 Stirrup, and carried unanimously : — 



" That, after payment of all expenses, any balance 

 remaining over from the final call upon the Guarantee 

 Fund be divided between the Library of the Owens 

 College and the Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 in recognition of the valuable assistance rendered by 

 them in granting the use of their buildings and 

 rooms ; but that, previous to such division, a copy 

 of this resolution be sent to each guarantor, and 

 . his proportionate share be returned to any one de- 

 siring it." 

 Your Council's predecessors acknowledged this kindness 

 in last year's report. 



There are few items in the Society's expenditure which 

 need any special reference. The index to the whole of the 

 Society's Proceedings, and Memoirs ist, 2nd and 3rd 

 Series, has been completed by Mr. Richard Hargreaves, 

 and will be printed in the course of next session. The Bind- 

 ing Fund has still a balance of ;^34. i8s. 2d., but works from 

 the Society's library have already been bound, which, with 

 what are still in the binder's hands, will exhaust this 

 fund. 



The Editor reports that the publications of the Society, 

 which, as will be observed, include a more numerous list of 

 papers than last year, are complete up to March 5th, and 

 that the next number, which will complete the second 

 volume, will be issued in the course of the next fortnight. 



The Council are very sensible of the honorary services 

 of the Editor in preparing the Society's Memoirs and 

 Proceedings. The new form of publication has proved 

 successful in respect both as to cost and as to promptitude 

 of issue. 



The Librarian reports that the number of volumes 

 received in exchange from other Societies during the last 



