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Report of the Council. 
1899—1900. 
Tue Council beg to report that the number of members 
of the Society now stands at 192, consisting of 143 
gentlemen and 49 ladies. The Council consider this 
very satisfactory, the Society having only begun work 
in October, 1899. 
The accounts of the Society have been duly audited 
for the fifteen months ending 31st December, 1900. 
The amount in donations towards the initial expenses 
and the setting-up of the telescope practically covered the 
same. A number of members have generously con- 
tributed considerably more than the minimum subscrip- 
tion of five shillings without which the Society could not 
have carried out all that it has during the past fifteen 
months. 
The Council have to record with the deepest regret 
the loss sustained by the deaths of Mr. D. E. Chandler 
and Mr. F. C. Mathieson, both of whom rendered valu- 
able service to the Society. 
The attendance at the ordinary and other meetings 
has been good. Abstracts of the papers read and of 
the proceedings at the meetings will be found accom- 
panying this report. 
