REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



April 29, 1880. 



The Council have the pleasure of submitting for the 

 approbation of the Fellows their fifty-first Annual Report 

 upon the progress of the Society. 



This, in accordance with previous Reports, is divided 

 into three heads, the first of which relates to the General 

 Condition of the Society and its Finances, the second to 

 the business transacted at the Office in Hanover Square, 

 and the last to the state of the Gardens in the Regent's 

 Park. 



I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 

 1. State of the Roll of Members. 



a. Fellows. 



The number of Fellows and Fellows Elect at the close 

 of the year 1879 amounted to 3364. Of these there 

 were : — 



Compounders who have paid £20 

 Ditto ditto £30 



Compositions remitted .... 



Paying annual contributions of £2 

 Ditto ditto £3 



Dormant 



Admission-fees unpaid .... 



71 

 849 



19 



60 



2229 



110 



26 



3364 



The state of the Society during the past Ten years, as 

 regards the number of its Ordinary Members, is given in 

 the subjoined Table. 



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