REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
April 29, 1861. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the 
Council haye now the pleasure of submitting to the Society 
their Thirty-second Annual Report. 
I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
1. FeLtutows anp ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS. 
The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 
Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1715. Of 
these there are— 
Compounders, paying £20 . ... .. 2il 
Ditto ditto, 30°. 4s. 4, 282 
Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 279 
Ditto ditto #3... 696 
Penman 6. OBRLe eo —s- RbgT Lie 409144 
Admission-fees unpaid. . . . . . 42 
Ditto Memitted 6 V0 ae OTT 
Annual Subscribers, paying £3. . . . 50 
1715 
The number of Fellows elected since the last Anniver- 
sary has been 102, and one Annual Subscriber. 
The number of Deaths during the same. period has been 
66; and the number of Resignations has been 31. 
- The number of Candidates for admission is 15. 
2. FINANCES. 
a. Income. 
The favourable state of the income, as evidenced by the 
continual and steady increase of the receipts, which has 
taken place under every important head during the past 
two years, seems to the Council to give every reason for 
confidence in the permanent prosperity of the Society. 
At the last Anniversary the Council were enabled to report 
a considerable increase of income over that of the previous 
year. On the present occasion they have the pleasure to 
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