xlii. Annual Report of the Council. 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1897. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary mem- 

 bership of 150. During the present session 21 new 

 members have joined the Society; 6 resignations have been 

 received, and the deaths have been 4, viz. : Mr. William 

 Brockbank, F.G.S., F.L.S. ; Mr. Samuel Cottam, F.R.A.S.; 

 Mr. Thomas Hick, B.Sc. ; and Mr. James Parlane. This 

 leaves on the roll 161 ordinary members. The Society has 

 also lost 6 honorary members by death, viz. : Professor 

 Du Bois-Reymond, F.R.S.; Sir Joseph Prestwich, F.R.S. ; 

 Professor Henri Resal ; Professor J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S. ; 

 Mons. A. Trecul ; and General F. A. Walker. 



The Treasurer reports that he has thought it advisable 

 so far to alter the arrangement of the accounts as to agree 

 better with the deed of endowment made by Mr. Wilde. 

 In order to conform with the wish expressed in the deed 

 that the accounts of this Trust should be kept separately, 

 the receipts and expenditure have been placed in a separate 

 account, and the accounts of the Society as a whole entered 

 simply under the heads of Receipts and Expenditure, as is 

 the case with the accounts of the Royal Society. 



The Treasurer commenced the year with a balance in 

 favour of the Society of £357. 2s. 7d., and is pleased to 

 report that the total balance, including the Wilde and Joule 

 Funds, and not including the amount still owing by the 

 Natural History Fund, in hand and at the Bankers, at the 

 close of the year, is £375. 4s. 3^d. 



The Treasurer also wishes to call attention to the fact 

 that the sum of ^74. 15s. od., including the estimated cost 

 of designing the Gold Medal of the Society, making the die, 

 and stamping two gold medals, together with the premium 

 for the Lecturer, as voted in the minutes of the Council for 



