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are likewise added to show the extraordinary expenditure 
of the Society in each year, the amount received for com- 
positions, and the amount of the Reserve Fund. It will 
be observed that the average income of the Society during 
the last 10 years has been £26,758, while the average 
ordinary expenditure during the same period has only 
amounted to £22,553. Over the extraordinary expenditure 
of the Society there is of course a complete control. 
Difference of | Extra- |Q,., si-| _, Reserve 
Wav. Total Ordinary | Income and | ordinary ti ae Fund, 3 per 
Income. | Expenditure. Ordinary | Expendi- R pete; a Cents. 
Expenditure.| ture. eras Stock, 
1857 | 14,822 | 14,352 JOA awis 420, 3,000 
1858 | 14,034 | 12,070 1,964 125 | 270| 4,500 
1859 | 15,194 | 12,328 2,866 | 2,016-; 690} 5,000 
1860 | 16,863 | 12,950 3,913 | 2,999 | 840! 6,000 
1861 | 16,072 | 13,197 2,875 | 3,776 | 450} 6,000 
1862} 27,397 | 14,699 | 12,698 | 4,014 | 900) 14,000 
1863 | 20,284 | 16,024 | 4,260 | 5,227 | 1,200 | 13,000 
1864| 21,713 | 17,207 4,506 | 7,681 | 1,350 | 10,000 
1865 | 23,457 | 18,721 4,736 | 4,850 | 2,430 | 10,000 
1866 | 24,379 | 19,703 | 4,676 | 2,714 | 1,730] 10,000 
1867 | 25,041 | 21,556 3,485 | 4,652 | 1,830 | 10,000 
1868 | 24,958 |. 22.381 2,577 | 3,931 | 1,410) 10,000 
1869 | 22,768 | 19,539 3,229 | 6,209 | 630] 7,000 
1870 | 23,257 | 21,364 1,893 | 3,043 | 630} *7,000 
1871 | 24,620 | 22,037 2,583 | 2,371 | 990} *8,000 
1872 | 26,728 | 23,324 3,404 | 3,576 | 1,350 | *8,000 
1873 | 28,099 | 22,721 | . 5,378 | 4,945 | 900) *7,515 
1874 | 28,417 | 22,688 5,729 | 2,888 | 1,350 | *8,263 
1875 | 28,38 | 24,188 4,550 | 7,479 | 960] *9,035 
1876 | 34,955 | 25,733 | 9,222 | 5,902 | 1,470 }*12,832 
II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Sauare. 
1. Screntiric MEETINGS. 
To the sixteen meetings for the despatch of scientific 
business held in the Society’s Rooms in Hanover Square 
in 1876, 132 communications were made. Of these 92 were 
from Fellows, one from a Foreign Member, and 23 from 
Corresponding Members of the Society. The remain- 
ing 16 papers were from individuais not belonging to 
* Exclusive of the Davis Bequest, which is represented by a sum of 
£1994 9s, 2d, Consols. 
