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A dd/rm to the CotteswoU Natv/rdiata' Fidd Club. Delivered at CheltenJuim, 

 Wednesday, March 9, 1864. By the President, W. V. Guise, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S. 



Gentlemen, — 



Again it becomes my duty as your President to lay before you a 

 statement of the ^ork done during the past season; and again it is a 

 great satisfaction to me to have it in my power to assure you of our 

 continued prosperity and well-doing. 



On reference to the financial condition of the Club, I find that there 

 is a balance in hand of £28 4s. 7d., which with the arrears of subscription, 

 amounting to £1 6, wUl cover the extent of our liabilities. Our expenses 

 have been heavy, and there was at one time reason to fear that we might 

 be constrained to anticipate our income. Happily, however, the resolution 

 acrreed to at oar annual meeting last year, of charging an entrance-fee of 

 £1 to new members, has produced a sum of £1 2, while £4 havp been 

 reaUsed by the sale of transactions. The opening of the tumulus at 

 Bown Hill cost the Club £11 14s. 6d., which, though somewhat reduced 

 by special contributions, leaves still a balance of £7 to be paid out of the 

 funds of the Club. 



It wUl be in the recollection of members that at our general meeting 

 last year it was determined to limit the number of the Club to 1 00. We 

 have now upon our list 95 members, and there are many appHcants for 

 admission. It has been always customaiy to retain upon oui- list the 

 names of certain gentlemen of scientific eminence, under the designation 

 of "consulting members," to whom the Club has been frequently indebted 

 for much valuable assistance. These gentlemen, about seven in number, 

 have never been called upon for subscriptions, nor is it proper that they 

 should be; but I would ask that the 100 subscribing members should be 

 reckoned exclusive of these "consulting members;" so that when our 

 numbers are complete we may calculate upon an annual income derived 

 from subscriptions of at least £50 per annum. To this we may fairly 

 hope, by the sale of our transactions, to add annually a small sum which 

 promises to form an increasing source of supply. When our numbers 

 shall have reached their appointed limit, we cannot of course look for 

 much assistance from entrance-fees, though this year that source of 



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