REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the 

 Council have now the pleasure of presenting to the Society 

 their Twenty-seventh Annual Report. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



I. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 



The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 

 Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1756. Of 

 these there are 



Compounders, paying £20 268 



Ditto ditto £30 218 



Paying annual contributions of £2 . . . 402 



Ditto ditto £3 . . . 649 



Dormant 142 



Admission Fees unpaid 21 



Ditto remitted 5 



Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . . . . 51 



1756 , 



Of these, 88 have been elected since the last Anniver- 

 sary. 



The number of deaths during the same period has 

 been 45. 



The number of resignations has been 23. 



The number of Candidates is 14. 



The total number of Fellows has been increased by 20. 



» 2. Finances. 

 a. Income. 



The Income of 1855, although considerably below that 

 of the preceding year, exceeded £14,000, and must there- 

 fore be regarded a very favourable increase upon the ave- 



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