REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



THE COMMITTEE, in submitting this Report, the 

 first that has been formally made of the proceedings of the 

 Inslilulion, deem it necessary briefly to advert to the state of 

 the Institution, previous to the last Annual General Meeting, 

 —especially as on that occasion the then Committee were re- 

 elected for the present year. 



The Members are aware of the great inconvenience for- 

 merly experienced for want of suitable premises for the pur- 

 poses of the Institution. These, through the liberal aid of 

 the Public, they now possess in the present elegant and con- 

 venient Building ; but the manner in which the Subscriptions 

 have been applied, never having been made public, the Com- 

 mittee have deemed it propar to request the Treasurer to fur- 

 n'sh a short Abstract of the Accounts previous to the last 

 year, in order that liie Subscribers may see that the Subscrip- 

 tions have been applied to the objects for which they were 

 intended. 



