REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Ajml 30, 1883. 



The Council have the pleasure of submitting to the 

 Fellows their fifty-fourth Annual Report upon the pro- 

 gress of the Society. 



This, in accordance %yith 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 Hauover 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 op Members. 



a. Fellows. 



The number of Fellows and Fellows Elect at the close 

 of the year 1882 was 3213, the same as at the corre- 

 sponding period in 1881. 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 .... 



41 



870 



17 



45 



2089 



128 



23 



3213 



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

 regards the number of its Ordinary Members, is given in 

 the subioined Table. 



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