Of these, 64 have been elected since the last Anniversary, 

 and 2 have been re- admitted under the provision of the 

 Bye-Laws, Chap. I. sect. 9. 



The number of deaths during the same period has been 

 48. 



The number of resignations has been 10. 



There are 9 Candidates for the Fellowship ; and there 

 is an increase of 24 in the number of elections since the 

 1st of January as compared with the first four months of 

 1851. 



2. Finances. 



a. Income, 



In the Report which was presented by the Council at 

 the last Anniversary, they stated that the results of the 

 policy which they had adopted had then placed the pecu- 

 niary resources of the Society upon a firm basis, with every 

 ])rospect of a still greater advance during the current year 

 of 1851. 



This statement has been thoroughly confirmed by sub- 

 sequent events. 



The gross Income of 1851 amounted to £26,452 

 19«. \\d., and gives an increase of 



£11,496 over 1850, 

 £17,682 over 1849, 

 £18,288 over 1848, 

 £18,688 over 1847. 



The Council are well aware that a very considerable portion 

 of this large increase over 1850 is referable to the peculiar 

 circumstances of the Great Exhibition, which attracted so 

 vast a concourse of provincial and foreign visitors to London 

 during the year 1851. But they are equally convinced 

 that the increased reputation which the present state of 

 the Society's Establishment has acquired by this means, 

 throughout the Empire and throughout Europe, cannot 

 fail to secure the continuance of a revenue derivable from 

 popular support, which, taken in conjunction with the 

 contributions of the Fellows themselves, will be sufficient 

 to maintain the Collection in a vigorous and improving 

 condition. 



The best evidence of the truth of this inference is 



