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year of the Society’s existence; there has been a steady in- 
crease in the number of Fellows; and the financial position of 
the Society compares favourably with that of past years, 
the year 1886 being of course excepted. 
On the whole, therefore, the Council have reason to be 
satisfied with the progress made by the Society during the 
year 1888. 
The following is an Abstract of the Receipts and Payments 
during 1888 :— 
REcEIPTs. PayMENTS. 
EG) eeu Le. 
Balance in hand Ist Rent, Office Ex- 
Jan., 1888 - E 81li 7 pensesandSalaryto} 134 6 5 
cig aed Assistant- Librarian 
Contributions of Fel-) ., 
lows” - 4 a 322, 7 0 Printing - , Salo eh al 
Sale of Publications - 10112 5 | Plates,&e.- - - 9418 1 
Donations - - - 1512 6 | Books, Binding, &. - 1318 6 
Interest on Consols - 15 8 2 Balance in hand - 2712 7 
£463 14 8 £4163 14 8 
11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W., 
January 16th, 1889. 
‘The Secretaries not having received any notice proposing 
to substitute other names than those in the lists prepared by 
the Council, the following Fellows constitute the Council for 
1889 :—Henry W. Bates, F.R.S,; Henry J. Elwes, F.L.S. ; 
William H. B. Fletcher, M.A.; the Rev. Canon Fowler, 
M.A., F.L.S.; Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S.; 
Herbert Goss, F.L.S.; Ferdinand Grut, F.L.S.; P. Brooke 
Mason, M.R.C.S., F.L.8.; Prof. Raphael Meldola, F.R,S. ; 
Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S.; Edward Saunders, F.L.S.; 
Dr. David Sharp, F.L.8.; and the Right Hon. Lord Wal- 
singham, M.A., F.R.S. 
The following are the officers elected :— President, the 
Right Hon. Lord Walsingham; Treasurer, Mr. Edward 
Saunders; Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss and the Rev. Canon 
Fowler; Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand Grut. 
The President then delivered an Address, at the conclusion 
