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The Wilde Endowment Fund, which is kept as a separate 

 banking account, shows a balance of ^179. 9s. yd. in its favour, 

 as against £11 A- 2s. 2d. at the beginning of the financial 

 year, there being a further increase of ten pounds in the receipts 

 from the invested funds as compared with the receipts for the 

 previous year. 



The Joule Memorial Fund has this year incurred an expendi- 

 ture of one guinea by the provision of a silver plate with 

 inscription for Dr. Joule's chronometer-watch. 



It will be observed that the Dallon Tomb Fund no longer 

 appears in the year's statement of accounts as a separate Fund, 

 it having been merged in the General Funds of the Society. 

 The Council have passed a resolution undertaking to use that 

 sum in keeping the tomb in a state of repair. 



The Society has to thank Dr. Henry Wilde, F.R.S. for his 

 generous donation of ;^5o to the Funds of the Society for 

 general purposes. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 829 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked, 761 of these 

 being serials, and 68 separate works. There have been written 

 317 catalogue cards, 213 for serials, and 104 for separate works. 

 The total number of volumes catalogued to date is 32,378 for 

 which 11,542 cards have been written. 



Satisfactory use is made of the library for reference purposes. 

 During the session, 202 volumes have been borrowed from the 

 library, as compared with 175 in the previous session. 



Further attention has been given to the completion of sets, 

 12 volumes having been obtained, which complete one set and 

 partly complete another. Of these, one volume was purchased, 

 and the rest were presented by the society publishing them. 



A smaller amount of binding has been done this session, 

 207 volumes having been bound in 168. 



