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-eighth Annual Report. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 



The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 

 •Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1779- Of 

 these there are — 



Compounders, paying £20 260 



Ditto ditto £30 ..... 224 



Paying annual contributions of £2 . . . 389 



Ditto ditto £3 . . . 685 



Dormant 140 



Admission Fees unpaid 19 



Ditto remitted 8 



Annual Subscribers, paying £3 .... 54 



1779 



Of these, 76 have been elected since the last Anniver- 

 sary. 



The number of deaths during the same period has 

 been 38. 



The number of resignations has been 15. 



The number of Candidates is 9. 



The total number of Fellows has been increased by 23. 



2. Finances. 

 a. Income. 



The Income of 1856 amounted to £15,279 l7s. 8rf., and 

 presents the gratifying increase of £1191 2s. \\d. over the 

 year which immediately preceded it. There is no doubt 



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