482 Annual Report of the Council. 



Annual Report of the Council, ist April, 1891. 



During the past session nine members have resigned, in 

 consequence mainly of removal from the district ; three 

 have died, viz., Messrs. C. N. Adams, B.A., John Barrow, 

 F.S.A., and J. P. Holden ; and four new members have 

 been elected, leaving 133 members on the roll on the 31st 

 March, 1891, as against 141 at the corresponding period 

 last year. 



The accompanying balance sheets set forth the receipts 

 and expenditure of the various accounts, and it will be seen 

 that a balance stands at the credit of each, the total balance 

 in the Society's favour being represented by the cash lying 

 in the hands of the Society's bankers on the 31st March, 

 1891, viz., i^353. OS. 3d., as against £2JJ, 5s. lod. at the 

 corresponding period last year. The general balance is, 

 however, larger than it otherwise would have been in con- 

 sequence of the non-receipt of the usual account for 

 printing the Society's Memoirs, &c. ; when this account is 

 passed and paid the balance of ;£^II4. 2s. 6d. now standing 

 at the credit of the general account will disappear. This 

 fact, taken in conjunction with the diminished membership 

 and expenses incurred (but not yet discharged) in the 

 recataloguing and rearrangement of the library, brings into 

 prominence the desirableness of increasing the number of 

 members. 



The other accounts do not call for any special ex- 

 planation, 



The Council recommends the continuance of the system 

 of electing Associates of Sections by the usual annual 

 resolution. 



The Librarian reports that during the past year the 

 whole of the Library has been gone through, and the titles 



