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foundation, and in the preparation of such index the work 

 of Mr. Brothers will be utilized. 



It will be noticed from the summary of the accounts 

 which follows the balance sheet, that the Fire Account has 

 been closed by the balance of £60. 12s. 7d., which remained 

 at the credit of that account last year, being transferred to 

 the General Account of the Society. 



The Hon. Librarian reports that the number of books, 

 pamphlets, and part volumes received is about the same as 

 last year. Nothing has been spent on binding, but it is 

 hoped that the funds of the Society will allow of a grant 

 being made for this most urgent and necessary purpose 

 during the coming year, to supplement the ^34. i8s. 2d 

 which remains at the credit of the Binding Fund. 



The Council considers it desirable to continue the 

 system of electing sectional Associates, and the usual 

 resolution will be submitted for the approval of the members 

 at the Annual General Meeting. 



The number of members on the roll on the 31st March, 

 1888, was 130, or 6 less than at the corresponding date last 

 year. 7 new members have been elected during the Session ; 

 10 have resigned ; and 3 have died ; viz., Mr. Joseph Baxen- 

 dell, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Professor Balfour Stewart, LL.D., 

 F.R.S., and Mr. Charles Moseley. 



An elaborate memoir of Mr. Baxendell, prepared at 

 the special request of the Council by Dr. James Bottomley, 

 B.A., F.C.S., was read before the members, and will be 

 found in the present volume of Memoirs and Proceedings. 

 To the record of Mr. Baxendell's life and work therein 

 given, the Council has only to add an expression of its 

 sense of the stimulating influence which Mr. Baxendell 

 exercised in connection with the work of the Society. He 

 will be remembered by his colleagues and the members 

 generally, not merely for the value of his official services 

 and the high importance of his own contributions to science, 



