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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OK THE 



©itcnock ^3hilo5ophical (Socicta 



Read and Approved at the Meeting of the Society held in the 

 "Watt Institution, on 14th March, 1879 John Neill, Esq., 

 President, in the Chair. 



I. -STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. 

 Dr. 



Balance from last Session, ......... £,\ 19 4 



Members' Tickets, 212 at los 6d, Ill 6 O 



Ladies' antl Youths' Tickets, 176 at 3s 6d, . . . . . . 31 3 o 



Bank Interest, 034 



Balance of Vote made last Session for Scientific Books, . . . 0125 



Balance due Treasurer, . . . . . . . . . 4154 



«r'52 19 5 



Cr. 



Fees and Expenses for I -ectu res, . . . . . . . .11650 



Museum Committee, . . . . . . . . . . 10 o o 



Printing and Advertising, . . . . . . . . .1556 



Stationery, Postages, Telegrams, &c., . . . . . . . I 11 8 



Officer's Salary, Collecting, and Deliveries, . . . . . . 633 



Lecture Tal)lc, . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14 o 



'52 19 5 



Greenock, 14th March, 1879. 



DUNCAN M'CALLUM, Hon. Trf.aslfrer. 



Examined, compared with Vouchers, and found correct. 



(Signed) JOHN RODGER, ) Auuitors 



A. CAMPBELL FINLAV, ^"-"'tor^. 



II.— STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS. 

 As will be found reported in the Treasurer's statement, the number 

 of Members on the roll for the present Session is 212, and the number 

 of tickets issued to ladies and youths is 176. These figures show a falling 

 off from the previous year. The Treasurer's statement also shows a 

 balance of ^4 15s 4d against the Society. The following lectures were 

 delivered during the Session : — 



Subjects in Science. — " Corah and Coral Reefs," by Dr Andrew 

 Wilson ; " The Science of IVeait/i," (four lectures) by Professor Hodgson, 



