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the cost of Plates VII. and VIII. has been defrayed by 

 Profession Miall, F.E.S., half the cost of Plates IX., X., Xl!, 

 XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVIL, XVIII, XIX., XX., 

 XXI., XXII. and XXIII. has been contributed by Profes.sor 

 Poulton, F.R.S., who has also paid the entire cost of Plates 

 XXVI. and XXVII., while Mr. G.W. Palmer, M.P., contributed 

 £30 towards the expense of printing Mr. Marshall's Paper. 



The interest shown by the Fellows during the past year 

 by their exhibitions and discussions, has enabled the Secre- 

 taries to largely increase the reports of the Pi^oceedings, 

 which compare very favourably with those for 1901, or indeed 

 for any previous year of the Society's existence, as they already 

 extend to about fifty pages. 



The Council formerly consisted of thirteen Fellows ; in 

 1897 this number was raised to fifteen, and under the 

 amended Bye Laws the number has been raised to seventeen, 

 thus affording, as the Society adds to its numbers, a pro- 

 portionate increase in the representation of the Fellows on 

 the Comicil. 



It is hoped that this addition to the numbers of the 

 Council will not diminish its executive capacity and powers 

 of administration, but rather that such increase may justify 

 Solomon's words, " Where no counsel is the people fall ; but 

 in the multitude of counsellors there is safety." 



During the past year nineteen Volumes — in addition to 

 Periodicals, Pamphlets and Reprints — have been added to 

 the Society's Library. That the Library is valued and used 

 by the Fellows is proved by the fact — according to the 

 Resident Librarian's Report — that two hundred and fifty-four 

 volumes have been borrowed during the year. 



The Treasurer reports that after carrying forward to 1903 

 the sum of £9 9s. Od. received for subscriptions in advance 

 there remained at the end of 1902 a cash balance of £26 lOs. 7f/. 

 in favour of the Society. Private generosity has enabled us 

 to publish an annual volume of Transactions which in bulk 

 is very far in excess of that for any former year, and to still 

 have a moderate balance — compared with last year — in hand 

 from current receipts. The general financial position of the 

 Society i^emains perfectly sound and continues to improve. 



