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Society to the movement for its preservation initiated by the 

 " National Trust for Phices of Histoinc Interest, etc." 



The financial condition continues satisfactory. The Sub- 

 8criptions received for 1900 are in excess of those for any 

 former year, and amount to .£341 5s. Od. A considerable 

 amount has been received for arrears of Subscriptions, but a 

 large sum is outstanding, and it is evident that the names of 

 some of those Fellows in default will soon have to be struck 

 off the List under Section 3 of Chap. xiv. of the Bye Laws. 

 Twenty-two Admission Fees were received during the year, 

 and one Life Composition, which has not yet been invested. 

 The Sales of Transactions continue fairly good, but, as has 

 been remarked in previous Reports, this is an eminently 

 capricious item. 



The year 1900 began with the large balance of £181 16s. 8(/. 

 in hand. By the end of the year this had been reduced to 

 c£160 16s. llcl, with an ascertained liability of £63 5s. 2d. 

 for printing the Supplementary Citalogue of the Society's 

 Library, and there are other liabilities for plates, etc., not 

 ascertained at present, so that the true balance on the year's 

 working will prolmbly prove less than half of the actual cash 

 balance at the end of the year. 



If the Council can see their way towards maintaining a 

 respectable balance beyond the existing requirements, it is 

 possible they may take into consideration the appointment of 

 a paid Assistant Secretary, in order to relieve the Hon. 

 Secretaries and Hon. Treasurer of part of the purely clerical 

 work now performed by tliem. 



11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Squake, W. 

 16^ A January/, 1901. 



The Balance Sheet and Report of the ("ouncil were unani- 

 mously adopted. 



The Secretai-ies not having received any notices of objection, 

 the following Fellows of the Society were declared duly elected 

 Members of the Council : — Robert Adkin : Cliarles G. Barrett ; 

 Professor T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.R.S.E. ; George C. 

 Champion, F.Z.S. ; AVilliam I>ucas Distant; Horace St. J. K. 



