REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



April 29, 1882. 



The Council have the pleasure of submitting to the 

 Fellows their fifty-third Annual Report upon the pro- 

 gress 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 1881 amounted to 3213. 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 .... 



42 



854 



18 



50 



2094 



123 



32 



3213 



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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