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Society has been so often indebted ; partly by the transfer of 
the three Life-Compositions received during the year; partly 
by the sum of £52 16s. received from Fellows for copies (a 
further small sum is still due by Fellows); and partly by a 
small amount taken out of the ordinary income of the Society. 
It is worthy of remark that only about half of the Fellows 
have subscribed to the Catalogue. Now that it has been 
published it is to be hoped that a considerable further sale 
will take place. This expensive matter being now out of 
hand, the Council hopes to place future Life-Compositions to 
their more legitimate purpose, that of adding to the invested 
funds. 
The Subscriptions in arrear are slightly more than is usual; 
nevertheless, the Society commenced another financial year 
with £10 6s. 1d. in hand, and no ascertained liabilities. 
11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W. 
January 17th, 1894. 
The Secretaries not having received any notices of objec- 
tion, the following Fellows of the Society were declared duly 
elected members of the Council for the Session 1894-1895 :— 
Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford, M.A., F.Z.S.; Mr. George 
C. Champion, F.Z.8.; Mr. Henry John Elwes, F.L.S.; 
Canon Fowler. M.A., F.L.8.; Mr. Charles J. Gahan, M.A. ; 
Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S.; Mr Robert McLachlan, F.R.S. ; 
Mr. Frederic Merrifield; Professor Edward B. Poulton, 
M.A., F.R.S. ; Colonel Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S.; Mr. 
George Henry Verrall; Mr. James J. Walker, R.N., F.L.S. ; 
and the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 
The following were the Officers elected :— President, Mr. 
Henry John Elwes; Treasurer, Mr. Robert McLachlan ; 
Secretaries, Mr. Herbert Goss and the Rev. Canon Fowler ; 
Librarian, Mr. George C. Champion. 
Mr. F. Merrifield (in the absence of the President through 
illness) then read the President’s Address, at the conclusion 
of which Colonel Swinhoe moved a vote of thanks to Mr. 
Elwes for his Address, and for his services as President 
during the past year. This was seconded by Mr. J. Jenner 
Weir, and carried unanimously. Mr. Merrifield replied for 
the President, 
