104 ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Council desires to urge the very great importance of 

 all Subscriptions being remitted during the first half of the 

 year, as a large proportion already are. Were this the rule 

 a difficulty in the management of the Institute would be 

 removed. Forms for the payment of the Subscriptions 

 through a banker are used by a large number, and may be had 

 at the office. 



The arrears of subscriptions are as follows : — ■ 



1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 

 Members .... 1 2 11 1 3 6 10 



Associates.... 6 1 3 2 8 15 G 5 15 



7 3 14 2 9 18 (J 11 25 



MEETINGS. 



The Council has been specially desirous that so far as 

 possible no Member or Associate wishing to take a part 

 in considering the subjects brought before the Institute, 

 should be prevented by distance from so doing, and to this 

 end arrangements have been made whereby all those 

 interested in the various subjects brought forward, but 

 unable in consequence of distance to attend the meetings, 

 might, hy intimating their ivish, receive pj^oof copies of the papers 

 to be read, and send in any comments they may see fit at 

 once or within three months (such comments being brought 

 before the Council with a view of being read at the Meeting 

 or included in the discussion, published after each paper in 

 the Journal). 



Representations having been made by several members 

 living in London and in the home counties, that in conse- 

 quence of the late hour at which the Institute's meetings were 

 held they were unable to be present thereat, and experience 

 having shown that this late hour often deprived the Institute 

 of the presence not only of leading authorities upon the sub- 

 jects taken up,* but also of many desirous of being listeners, 

 the Council took steps to gather the opinions of the mem- 

 bers upon the question of adopting an earlier hour for the 

 meetings, with the result that it was found an overwhelming 

 majority were in favour of the earlier hour of half-past four. 

 The meetings of the second half of the Session were there- 

 fore fixed at the earlier hour and with the most successful 

 results. 



* Among these the late Sir Richard Oweu — wlio constantly wrote to say 

 that he could never attend at so late an hour. 



