‘REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
April 29, 1876. 
Tue Council have the pleasure of submitting to the 
Fellows their forty-seventh Annual Report upon the 
progress of the Society. 
This, in conformity with former Reports, they have 
divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the 
general condition of the Society, the second to the opera- 
‘tions 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. Stave oF THE Roti or MEMBERS. 
a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 
The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 
Subscribers at the close of the year 1875 amounted to 
3241. Of these there were :— 
Compounders who have paid £20. . . 99 
Ditto ditto FESOLe fs. a ae 
Compositions remitted . . . of Se 
Paying annual contributions of 2. ods sae 
Ditto ditto Bisa pls S40 
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Admission-fees unpaid . . Whey aids tne ae 
Annual Subscribers, paying Baty wii 8 
3241 
The corresponding number of Members of the Society 
at the close of 1874 was 3197, showing an addition to our 
list of 44 members during the year 1875. ¥ 
The progress of the Society during the pass act years, 
