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effect of this neglect ou the part o£ the Eellows is that the use- 

 fulness of the Society is very much crippled thereby, and as a 

 consequence applications for assistance for scientific research 

 received during the past year have had to be most reluctantly 

 refused. In connection with this matter the Council deter- 

 mined to instruct the Secretary not to forward copies of the 

 Society's Proceedings to such Pellows as had not paid their 

 subscriptions. It was hoped that this might serve as a re- 

 minder, and possibly act as a stimulus to cause arrears to be 

 paid up. This is the more important, as each year the Society 

 seems to have to depend more upon its own resources and lean 

 less on Government support. At present the expenditure is 

 far exceeding the income, and in a short time the balance to 

 the credit of the Society w411 have disappeared. The Council, 

 in concluding its report, trusts that the coming year will prove 

 an exception in this particular. 



