FROM THE COMMITTEE ROOM. 



Fellow Members,— 



Our third Annual Meeting has now been held and with this issue of our Journal 

 each Member will jeceive a copy of the Annual Report. The meeting was presided 

 over by Mr. W. Smithson, and though the meeting itself was not as largely attended 

 as it miglit have been, those members who did put in an appearance entered most 

 heartily into the business of the evening. After the Report and Balance Sheet had 

 been read and adopted, the Election of Officers took place with the following results. 



Mr. Henry Nutter was re-elected President, and the following were elected Vice- 

 Presidents : Tattersall Wilkinson, J. W. Kneeshaw, T. Booth, S. Holden, F. C. Long, 

 Rev. J. S. Doxey, J. Mackenzie, M.D., P. J. Roberts, F G.S., A. Wilmore, F.G.S., 

 L. Heap, ^\ . Smithson was re-elected Treasurer ; R. Radcliffe, Financial Secretary ; 

 S.* Holden, Auditor ; John Allen, General Secretary. The following constitute the 

 Council for the coming vear : J. W. Eastwood, J. Gordon, S. Austerberry, J. Crooke, 

 A. Wright, W. Middleton, J. U. Smith, and John Dean. 



Herewith the Committee piesent the Balance Sheet read by Mr. R. Radcliffe, 

 Financial Secretaiy: — 



BALANCE SHEET FROM APRIL 20, 1895, TO APRIL 14th, 1896. 









£ s. 



d. 





£ s. 



d. 



To Tea Meeting ... ... . 







1 17 







By Rent of Room . . 



7 16 







,, Refreshments . 







3 10 







£ s. d. 







,, Subscriptions 



s. 



d. 



20 5 







„ Rates 2 3 3 



„ Gas 10 3 







Donations A Friend ...1 

















2 13 



6 





,. T. Booth 



10 











Tradesmen's Accounts — 









J.Allen 



13 











J. Gordon 17 7 









, S Austerberry 



10 











J. Vann 8 









, F. C Long ... 



6 



6 







J. Grant 12 6 









, L. Heap 



2 











W. Smithson 10 8 









, J. Crook 



10 











J. Holt 1 6 10 









, W. Stanworth. 



10 











J. Holt 2 2 









, Coun. Beecham 



5 



6 







Burnley Carriage Co. 3 6 6 









W. Smithson... 



15 



8 







Burnley Carriage Co. 1 11 







>» 







5 2 



s 



J. Smith 11 8 







To Balance, per J. Allen . 







2 19 



2 



W. Pascoe ' '. 10 6 







„ Fares to Crawshaw Hall 





1 2 



6 



W. L. Ham 19 







,, Fares to Bacup ... . 







3 11 



4 



W. L. Ham 15 







„ Bank 







3 







J. Dixon 3 9 







,, Treasurer 







1 1 



4 



J. Baldwin 15 







„ Advertisements ... . 







2 2 



7 



Burnley Gazette ... 1 16 6 







„ Sundry Collections 







1 8 



2 





17 6 



6 



,, Concerts 







5 2 



6 



By Treasurer 



7 10 







„ Teaparty • 





f 



3 16 







,, Treasurer 



„ Bank 



,, Expenses in connection with 

 Houldings Poems 



,, Expenses of Lecturers, Post- 

 ages, Stationery, etc. 



,, Balance 



£ 



10 



3 



1 9 



9 12 



4 19 





 



6 



11 

 10 







54 18 



3 



54 18 



3 



By Rule 7 the Annual Meeting fixes the Subscription to be paid for the coming 

 year. This year the members decided that the Subscription shall be 5/-. The Council 

 have reason to believe that this sum will meet with general approval, as it has 

 several times been suggested by members. The increase of 1/- per annum will 

 certainly relieve the strain occasionally felt by the Financial Secretary to meet the 

 ordinary expenditure of the year. 



An alteration of Rule 3 was submitted and adopted, and it now reads as follows : 



" The Society shall consist of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members, and 

 " Associates. Honorary Members shall be elected only at the Annual, or at a 

 " Special Meeting, and on the nomination of the Committee or of six members. 

 " No one shall, however, be elected an Honorary Member who has not made some 

 "contribution to Literature, Science, or Art." 



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