﻿MANCHESTER 

 LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Annual Report of the Council, April, igoj. 

 The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 159. During the present session 8 new members have joined 

 the Society; 10 resignations have been received, and there has 

 beenone death, viz. : Dr. George Wilson. This leaves on 

 the roll 156 ordinary members. The Society has also lost, by 

 death, 2 honorary members, viz. : Mr. Beauchamp Tower, 

 M.Inst.C.E., and Dr. Alexander W. Williamson, F.R.S., and 

 two corresponding members, viz. : the Rev. Dr. Brooke 

 Herford and Dr. Auguste Francois Le Jolis, of Cherbourg. 

 Memorial notices of these gentlemen will appear with this report 

 in the Memoirs and Proccedi?igs. 



The Society commenced the session with a balance in hand 

 of ^369. 10s. 5d., from all sources, this amount being made up 

 of the following balances : — 



At the credit of General Fund ^"97 13 1 



„ ,. Wilde Endowment Fund... 181 4 8 



„ „ Joule Memorial Fund 57 2 o 



,, ,, Dalton Tomb Fund 33 10 8 



^369 10 5 



The total balance in hand at the close of the session amounted 

 to ^"351. 5s. 6d., and the amounts standing at the credit of the 

 separate accounts, on the 31st March, 1905, are the following :-— 



At the credit of General Fund £\% 5 4 



,, „ Wilde Endowment Fund... 233 16 6 



,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 64 16 6 



,, ,, Dalton Tomb Fund 34 7 2 



Cash in hand 31st March, 1905 A>35 1 5 6 



