ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Esq., A. ; Eev. P. Prescott, M.A., M. ; Peter Robertson, Esq., F.JL ; 

 A. E. Tomlinson, Esq., B.A., A. ; Eev. Bolton Waller, A. ; C. H. Wilmot, 

 Esq., C.E., A. 



F.M. Foundation Member. A. Associate. 



6. The following is a statement of the changes which have 

 occurred : — 



Life Annual 



Members. Associates. Members. Associates, 

 Numbers on Jime 2, 1897 .... 61 50 369 884 



Deduct Deaths — — 10 20 



„ Retirements .... .... — — 4 15 



— 14 -- 35 



Joined to Julv 12, 1898 



Total 



1 

 61 51 



112 



355 

 10 



849 

 33 



365 882 



1247 



1359 



Finance. 



7. The Treasurer's Balance-sheet for the year ending 

 December 31, 1897, duly audited, shows total receipts 

 £1,114 15s. \d. ; expenditure £1,022 Os. Id. ; leaving a balance 

 creditor of £92 14s. ^d., after the payment of all liabilities 

 excepting the last printing and binding account. The 

 amount invested in 2f per (Jent. Consols is £1,365 18s. 9f/. 



Special. — The Council desires to urge the very great 

 importance of all subscriptions being remitted 

 during the first half of the year (Bye-law III, 3). 

 Adherence to the rule on this point would remove a 

 serious difficulty in the management of the Institute. 

 Forms for the paj^ment of the subscriptions through a 

 banker are kindly used by a large number of ]\Iembers and 

 Associates, and may be had at the office. 



MEETINGS. 



The meetings of the Institute have been well attended. 

 The subjects* taken up during the session have been : — 



Monday, December 6, 1897. — " Tithe-giving amongst Ancient Nations, " 

 by Henry Lansdell, D.D., M.V.L, M.R.A.S., F.R.G.S. 



The author urged thai the prevalence of tithe-giving among the 

 nations, even of Antiquity, pointed to a remote time when the 



* See this volume, xxxi. 



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