150 Annual Meeting 



The joint subscriptions for the year amount to One Hundred 

 and Fifty-Four Pounds Seventeen Shillings, being an increase 

 upon the previous year of almost thirty-five per cent. It will be 

 seen, when the Balance Sheet is sent out to the Members, that 

 the expenditure during the past year exceeded the income by 

 over One Hundred Pounds, and the Local Government Board 

 Auditor, in his report, calls attention to this fact. 



It will be remembered, however, that attention was called 

 last year to the fact that the balance-sheet then presented gave 

 too favourable an impression of the finances, owing to the fact 

 that the printers had not furnished their accounts for a great 

 part of the Session, and that the Archaeological Section had on 

 deposit with the parent Society a sum of Ninety-three Pounds. 



The printed accounts appear in the present statement, and 

 the balance of the Archaeological Section is now reduced to about 

 Seventy Pounds. Every care and foresight is exercised with 

 regard to the finances, and the members may be assured that 

 nothing is spent which cannot be afforded. The cost of printing 

 has been exceedingly heavy, but of course may be expected to 

 fall with the decreasing cost of production. It is felt that 

 neither the Council nor the members of the Society would urge 

 any curtailment of the reports of proceedings, unless such were 

 absolutely necessary. 



Very many of our members cannot attend the meetings, and 

 the Proceedings form the only connection they can have with 

 the Society. It is evident also, from the frequent demands from 

 outside bodies, that they arouse much interest. They are also 

 the source of exchanges of the most extraordinary value, which 

 will in the future form an important library. 



ADOPTION OF KEPORTS. 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Reports, said 

 the Society had had a very busy year, and had very large 

 audiences at all their meetings, some of which were as interesting 



