The Commitlce have to express their satisfaction in having', 

 by the voluntary offer of assistance from some of the Members, 

 effected arrangements for the gratuitous instruction of the 

 ]Members in tlie Latin and French Languages. This being a 

 new and pleasing extension of the objects contemplated to 

 be attained, is an evidence of the general utility to which 

 the Institution, if zealously supported, may arrive. 



Among the Honorary Members of the Institution, the 

 Committee congratulate the Members on their possessing the 

 names of several eminent and distinguished individuals ;— 

 and on the great increase of Members in the past year. 



The attendance at the Lectures has given great satisfaction 

 to the Committee; and the number of Ladies who have 

 visited the Lecture Room, evinces that they also are inter- 

 ested in the objects and views of the Institution. 



The Committee refer with pleasure to the gratifying Report 

 of the Directors and Curators, as to the state of the Museum. 



The period over which the duties of the Committee have 

 extended, has been one of great anxiety and difficulty ; but 

 llicy have now the gratification to see the Institution arrived 

 at a degree of permanent stability and usefulness. 



In surrendering into the hands of the Members the powers 

 delegated to them, the Committee trust, that it will be consi- 

 derpd they have exercised them for the benefit of the Institu- 

 tion, and they feel convinced, that if the same ardent desire 

 and active exertions, which liavc been hitiurto manifested to 

 promote its objects and secure its prosperity, continue to 

 influence the Public and the Members, its establishment on 

 the basis of public utility will be certain, its beneficial con- 

 sequences incalculable, and the most san^juiac wishes of its 

 best friends realized. 



