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JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, VOL. 9, NO. 9, JANUARY, I90O. 



The Council begs to draw the special attention of members to the heavy adverse 

 balance shown by the Treasurer's report and to remind them that if the Journal is to 

 be maintained in its present enlarged form, it will be necessary for some special 

 exertion to be made in order to raise very considerably the number of members in 

 the Society. It is only by the hearty co-operation of every member that such a 

 Society as ours can prosper and progress. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



In presenting this Annual Report I must call attention to the Balance Sheet for 

 the year 1898, which has already been audited and printed in the Journal (see p. 256). 



The Council have also instructed me to prepare an interim Balance Sheet for the 

 present year, up to Oct. 16th, which is as follows : — 



It is now my unpleasant duty to make a statement as to the Society's financial 

 position, which is far from satisfactory. At the present moment the Society has 

 liabilities to the extent of about £6$, of which amount £10 is due for the third 

 instalment of the purchase-money of the Journal of Couchology, and the rest is for 

 the cost of printing the Journals for this year, and various small accounts. Against 

 this adverse balance we have in hand the sum of £3, and about ^12 for arrears of 

 subscriptions paid up to the present. 



At the Council meeting just held the Society's finances have been very seriously 

 considered, and it has been decided to make a special effort to pay oft these out- 

 standing accounts. An appeal will shortly be made to all the members of the 

 Society for assistance, and I am pleased to say that the following amounts have 



been already promised : — 



£ s. J. 



Mr. Collier 220 



Mr. Melvill 220 



Mr. Bostock 220 



Mr. Hoyle 1 11 6 



Mr. Masefield <■ - - - - I 1 o 



Mr. Byne 10 6 



Mr. Standen - - - ■> - - o 10 6 



I trust this example will be readily followed by the other members of the society. 



E. D. Bostock, Treasurer. 



