ANNUAL MEETING. 3 
6. The Council desires to call especial attention to the need 
of an increase in the Library Fund. The expenses in con- 
-nexion with the new arrangements for the Library, rendered 
necessary in consequence of the change of the Society’s 
residence, have to be met; many new works of reference are 
also required. . 
7. The Council regrets to announce the decease of the 
following supporters of the Institute :— 
E. Bailey, Esq., M.; Rev. President F.A.P. Barnard, D.C.L. (Columbia 
College), M.; J. F. La Trobe Bateman, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., M.; H. W. 
Bristow, Esq., F.R.S., &c., M. ; Rev. W. B. Boyce, F.A.; Rev. J. H. Broome, 
M.A., A.; Rev. Canon F. C. Cook, M.A., A. (of whom the “ Speaker’s 
Commentary” and many works of high value are a lasting monument) ; 
Kev. H. McD. Courtney, M.A., A.; Rev. C. J. Garrard, M.A., A.; P. H. 
Gosse, Esq., F.R.S., Foundation Member and Vice-Presid:nt; Rev. 
J. Harvard, A.; Colonel T. Hyatt, A.M., Pres. Pen. Military Academy, 
M.; Rev. Canon J. F. McCormick D.D., M.; Robert Moon, Esq., M. ; 
Rey. Canon Sir F. A. G. Gore-Ouseley, Bart., M.A., LL.D., A.; the Rev. 
J. Leslie Porter, D.D., LL.D., President of Queen’s College, Belfast, A., 
(an early labourer in adding to our knowledge of the East, and a contributor 
to this Institute’s Transactions); Rev. R. Salthouse, F.R.G.S., A.; Rev. H. 
Winter Sheppard, M.A. Z.M.; Rev. T. B. Thayer, D.D., A.; A. Tod, 
Esq., J.P., A. 
8. The following is a statement of the changes which have 
occurred :— 
Life Annual 
Members. Associates. Members. Associates, 
Numbers on 3rd May, 1888 ... 56 40 331 737 
Deduct Deaths .........<cvscesssas 9 12 
» Retirements, changes, Xc. 3 37 
— 12 — 49 
319 688 
Joined to June 27, 1889 1 3 24 71 
57 43 343 759 
< _ J —_——__ 
100 1102 
Rn Ee ee 
i 6) 23 Sa Re 1202 
Hon. Correspondents number 117. Total.......... :. 1,319* 
Finance. 
9. The Treasurer’s Balance-sheet for the year ending 
December 31, 1888, duly audited, shows a balance creditor of 
£27. Os. 1ld. The amount invested in 23 per Cent. Consols 
is £1,365. 18s. 9d. 
* Founded in 1865. The total number in 1871 was 200. 
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