REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
April 29, 1869. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Society’s Charter, 
the Council have the pleasure of submitting to the appro- 
bation of the Fellows their fortieth Annual Report. 
This, in conformity with former Reports, is divided into 
three heads, the first of which relates to the general con- 
dition of the Society, the second to the operations carried 
on at the office in Hanover Square, and the last to the 
state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. 
I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 
1, STATE OF THE ROLL OF MemMBERs. 
a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 
The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 
Subscribers at the close of the year 1868 amounted to 
2924. Of these there were— 
Compounders, who have paid £20. . . 144 
Ditto ditto 230 ina <o6e08 
Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 161 
Ditto ditto 6 8. Tope 71 
Dormant « OR U MES Dot, (ed 10 51 
Admission-fees ifeaiel Se We ee 
Compositions remitted. . . . . . . 15 
Annual Subscribers, payng .£3. . . 22 
2924 
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