KEPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. Ill 



Five hundred Fellows. The Council would, therefore, suggest the 

 desirability of not increasing the subscription or of making an entrance 

 fee, until this number has been obtained. It will be readily seen that 

 the objects of this Society include something more than those generally 

 included in a scientific society, and that the expense of printing 

 is very large. The Council are glad, however, to state that the 

 present number of Fellows, two hundred and thirty-six, will 

 enable them to accomplish all they have done during the past year ; 

 but they feel that the ultimate success of a Society of this sort will 

 require a larger annual 'expenditure. The Council feel especially 

 anxious to establish as soon as possible a good reference library. They 

 also look forward with earnest hope of being able to found a reliable 

 Anthropological Museum, and thus remove the disgrace under which 

 this country is now suffering, that with all our colonial possessions no 

 independent Anthropological Museum has yet been established in this 

 Metropolis. 



The Council are fully sensible of the important services which the 

 officers of the Society have rendered during the past year, and they 

 feel that it is their duty to again call on all the officers for renewed 

 exertion during the ensuing year. The Council trust that the ample 

 success which their efiorts have met during the past year, will be an 

 encouragement to the official representatives of the Council to again 

 use their exertions to put the affairs of the Society in a permanently 

 satisfactory state. 



Signed on behalf of the Council, 



JA.MES HUNT, Chairman. 



