48 ANNUAL MEETING, 
XVL—REPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE ANNI- 
VERSARY MEETING, FEBRUARY 10, 1863. 
Tae first duty of the Council on meeting the Fellows on the present. 
occasion is to congratulate them on the success which has attended 
the Society during the past season. 
A reference to the Balance sheet appended to this Report will 
show that the receipts have largely exceeded those of the previous year. 
Society has enjoyed beyond its ordinary receipts is referable to the 
Great Exhibition. The interests of the two undertakings during the 
i the same causes which injured 
equally affecting the other. Had, therefore, the 
influence of His Royal Highness been spared to it, it cannot be doubted 
have had to present a Report even more 
t. 
ut of the receipts during the year, amounting to £29,800, a sum 
of £8676 was received as the Society’s share of the joint Season 
£1125 from the various Refreshment Contractors 
Society's premises let to them, and £5029 from 
admission from the Exhibition to the Gard 
ort, showing the di received 
on every day throughout е m ана 
The Flower-shows produced upwards of £5000, which (with one or 
two exceptions) is the largest amount that has ever been drawn by the 
Had it not been for the 
stablishment 
+ 
з urces of the Society. yi from 
th : Y à ociety, viz., that drawn fr 
of "Pelo ШО. m Dod Comparative statement of the number 
and 31st December, 1369, ш as at 915% December, 1861, 
2.:— 
year, vi the increase during the course of the 
