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strangers and others particularly desirous of visiting the 
Museum on other days, upon their application to the Secretary. 
The Council deeply regret having to record the deaths 
of several of the oldest and most respected Members of this 
Society in the course of the year. The names will, as 
usual, be inserted in the Obituary annexed to the Report. 
With respect to the Finances, the total receipts for the 
year have been £789 1s. 7d., and there is a balance, after 
deducting all payments down to 81st December, of 
LAO asslia. 
The Liabilities at the close of the year would not much 
exceed £125; and there was then, besides the balance of 
£20 2s. 1d. in the hands of the Treasurer and Secretary, a 
sum of £125 due at the Colonial Treasury. 
A considerable amount of arrears of subscriptions has 
been realized during the last year, as shown in the schedule 
of Receipts and Expenditure. 
Considering the extraordinary character of the times and 
the all-absorbing nature of the excitement which has per- 
vaded and unsettled all classes of the inhabitants in these 
Colonies for the last eighteen months, the Council see 
reason for congratulating the Members at large on the 
position which the Society has been enabled to maintain, 
and the steady progress which has marked its course in the 
face of every disadvantage. 
In conclusion, the Members of Council, while they 
acknowledge most fully the liberality with which the Insti- 
tution has been supported both from public funds and 
private sources, do here again most earnestly solicit the 
hearty support and co-operation of all who can appreciate 
and who seek to foster intellectual improvement, moral 
elevation, and social harmony, and of all who desire the 
progress of liberal institutions, and the advancement of our 
adopted land to honour and distinction amongst nations. 
