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The income and expenditure for the year may be roughly estimated 

 as follows : — 



PiECEIPTS. 



£ 



Contributions of Members - 199 

 Sale of Publications - - 58 

 Interest on Consols - - 5 



Donations - - - - 55 



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Payments. 



£ 



Investment - - - - 15 



' Transactions ' & ' Proceedings ' 148 



One Part of Catalogue - - CO 



Library 13 



Rent and Office Expenses - 55 



Tea at Meetings - - - 13 



JE303 



The volume of 'Transactions' published in 1872 is thinner than usual, 

 owing to several suitable papers not having been read in time ; but this is 

 counterbalanced by the number of expensive coloured plates. 



The receipts from the sale of publications again show a considerable 

 diminution, especially as regards the sale of back stock, which appears to 

 be liable to much fluctuation. 



A further and very bulky part of the proposed general Catalogue of the 

 Insects of the British Isles (enumerating the Ichneumonidae, Braconidse, &c., 

 compiled by the Rev. T. A. Marshall) has recently appeared. The Council 

 regret that their endeavours to procure aid from the Government Grant 

 Committee of the Royal Society, towards the publication of this Catalogue, 

 have not been successful. 



The sum of £55 appearing under the item of " donations" is made up of 

 £50 received from Mr. J. W. Dunning, and £5 from Mr. AV. Wilson 

 Saunders, to both of whom the Society was already so much indebted for 

 former liberal gifts. And the Council further desire to express thtir 

 thanks to Major Parry for a plate illustrating his paper. 



Owing to these extraordinary items of income, the cash balance in hand, 

 small though it may appear, is considerably in excess of the usual sum ; 

 but from the number of valuable papers already accepted for publication in 

 1873, it is evident to the Council that every endeavour must be used to 

 increase our ordinary income by inducing entomologists, not yet of our 

 body, to join us. 



27^/1 January, 1873 



The following gentlemen -were elected Members of Council for 1873 : — 

 Messrs. H. W. Bates, Butler, Grut, M'Lachlan, Miiller, S. S. Saunders, 

 F. Smith, Stainton, Stevens, Verrall, C. 0. Waterhouse, Weir and Westwood. 



The following officers for 1873 were subsequently elected : — President, 

 Prof. Westwood; Treasurer, Mr. R. M'Lachlan; Secretaries, Messrs. F. 

 Grut and G. H. Verrall. Librarian, Mr. E. W. Janson. 



The President read the following Address : — 



