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HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1889. 



During the year under review the Society has lost eight 

 members, one (Col. Cox) by death, three have left Canterbury, 

 and foiir have resigned membership. Of these eight, two paid 

 subscription for 1889. Against this loss thore has been a gain 

 of four new members, thereby reducing the loss to four, and 

 making the number of members at present in connexion with 

 the Society, sixty-four. Of these nine* members have not yet 

 paid their subscription for 1889 ; two are in arrears for 1888 as 

 well, and one from 1885 to 1889 inclusive, making altogether 

 £7 still due to the Society. 



The subscriptions for 1889 received up to the 20th 

 January, 1890, amount to £24 2s. No arrears have been paid 

 in. The cost of 2 copies of the Society's Transactions for the 

 past year, viz., two shillings, has been added to the Receipts side 

 of the Financial Statement, making altogether £24 4s., or 

 including Balance (credit) on the 24th January, 1889, 

 £39 18s. Id. 



The expenditure, on the other hand, for the same period, 

 has amounted to £46 8s. 9d., or £6 10s. 8d. in excess of the 

 receipts. This excess is accounted for in the first place by the 

 large sum, viz. £12 12s., paid for printing two years' transac- 

 tions of the Society, and, secondly, by that for Post Cards, and 

 printing notices of meetings and excursions, which latter 

 charge has exceeded that paid for similar work in the previous 

 year by £2 17s. 3d. The expenditure on the Library also was 

 £3 8s. 4d. in excess of that of 1888, though slightly within 

 the grant sanctioned for the Library. 



Considering that with our present number of members we 

 cannot reckon upon more than £25 annual receipts, it is 

 evident that the most rigid economy must be observed in the 

 future. 



A separate fund must be provided to meet the expense of 

 printing the Transactions of the Societ}-, as is indeed contem- 

 plated in concert with the Dover Field Club. 



W. H. HORSLEY, Col., 



Eon. Treasurer. 

 24th January, 1890. 



* Of these, four have since paid their arrears, leaving £3 only still due. 



