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the Honorary Secretary, Mr. H. C. Lawlor, M.R.I. A., at the 

 annual meeting of the Section to be held towards the end of the 

 month. The membership is consideral)ly increased, now num- 

 bering over eighty. 



Hon. Treasurer's Statement. 

 Mr. Riddell, the Hon. Treasurer, will submit the financial 

 statement, which has been passed by the Local Government 

 Board Auditor. It will be seen that the debt brought about by 

 the i-e pairs, due to dry rot in the upper part of the building, has 

 lieen wiped out. 



Exchanges. 

 Your Council still continues to receive, in exchange for this 

 Society's proceedings, a number of publications, both home and 

 foreign, from kindred Societies and Institutions, many of them 

 being of great interest and importance. A list of these will be 

 attached to the Society's report (see pages 123 — 125). 



Proceedings. 

 The method recently adopted of printing the papers periodic- 

 ally has been continued during the year. Copies of these are -, 

 bound up at the end of the year, as Transactions of the Society 

 for Exchange. 



Election of Council. 



In accordance with the constitution of the Society, the five 

 following members retire by rotation from the Council : — Messrs. 

 W. B. Burrowes, E. J. Elliott, H. C. Lawlor, William Swanston, 

 and Professor Gregg Wilson, all of Avhom are eligible for re- 

 election, and the meeting will be asked to fill the vacancies, and 

 to co-opt a member in place of Sir John Byers, deceased. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. Henry Riddell), when submitting 



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