17 
by certain alterations made upon the premises for sanitary 
improvements. Those necessary alterations cost something over 
447, towards which the Library Committee had raised £19 10s., 
leaving a debt of more than £27; this had hung like a dead ' 
weight upon the Library for nearly three years, when it occurred 
to your Committee to devote the income from the Dean’s Lecture 
to the purpose already stated. They were the more readily 
induced to do this by the consideration that no injustice was done 
to the Literary Society, because that Lecture formed no part of the 
published Programme of the Session, but was entirely extra. It 
will be satisfactory to members of this Society to know that the 
sum of £16 1s. 6d. has been realized from the Lecture, and 
handed over to the Library ; and it is confidently hoped that this, 
with the addition of the proceeds of the Concert of last Thursday 
evening, so liberally voted by the Choral Society for the same 
purpose, will set the Library on a sure footing. 
It will be remembered that at the last Annual Meeting it was 
resolved to reduce the subscription from 5s. to 3s. 6d. The Com- 
mittee are glad to say that even with that reduction a very fair 
balance in favour of the Society has been brought forward. 
The entire Income has been __... 434 12 5 
Expenditure ze fas be 24. bebe 1 
Balance to the good a4) we 410 6 4 
The Committee have the pleasure to report that they have 
settled all claims upon the Society up to the last day of their 
remaining in office. 
