The appended Balance Sheet shows the receipts and expenditure. 



Dr. 



To 126 Season Tickets at 3/- 



,, Receipts— 1st Lecture.. .. 



,, ,, 2ncl ,, 



4th 



Deficit 



BALANCE SHEET. 



C s. J. Cr. £ s. d. 



18 18 o 1 By Lecturers' Fees & E.vpenses 21 8 6 



4 14 6 ,, Hire of Hall 10 10 o 



3199 >j l^rinting -J. C. Perfect 712 3 



9 9 3 )> Advertising — T- N. Tresise 4 I 9 



3 7 3 >> Advertising Board and j , ,. <; 



Bill Posting j I 14 o 



Hall Keeper o 10 o 



Stamps o 12 9 



Sundries o 16 8 



6 17 8 



£m 6 5 



£a1 6 5 



The loss on the series is thus ^2 3s. 8d. more than that on the series 

 given during the Winter, 1887-S8. 



The following table shows the receii)ts, and number of tickets sold, 

 for each Lecture during the two seasons: — 



1887-S8. 18S8-S9. 



Receipts. Tickets sold. Receipts. Tickets sold. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 



Members' Tickets issued .. 74 103 



Season Tickets sold 19 2 6 153 i8 18 o 126 



First Lecture 466 217 4 14 6 159 



Second ,, 1 10 6 77 3 19 9 160 



Third ,, 616 211 9 9 3 285 



Fourth „ 460 140 373 I03 



Totals 35 7 o S72 40 8 9 936 



Single Tickets sold 646 645 21 10 9 707 



Average of Four Lectures ... 4 i li 161.25 5 7 ^i 17675 



„ Three ,, 4 o 4i 140-6 



From this we see that if we except Max O'Rell's Lecture, which was 

 of an exceptional character, and, indeed, hardly comes within the scope 

 of the Society, both the receipts and average attendance have been less 

 during the 1888-89 series than during the previous course. 



Under these circumstances, the Committee feel compelled to abandon 

 the Popular Lectures. The recent series is the fifth which has been 

 promoted by the Society during the last few years, and the Committee 

 therefore consider they have sufficient material before them on which to 

 express the opinion that the Society should, in future, cease to attempt 



