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augnan, i. S. Washington, G. H. Ashley. With the omission of 

 the name of Mr Giroux this makes a total of 233 Fellows. Six Fellows 

 are now so in arrears for dues that they are liable to be dropped from 

 the roll. The names of eight candidates for Fellowship are before the 

 Society, and six new applications are on file with the Secretary. It will 

 be observed that notwithstanding the financial depression the number 

 of Fellows two years or more in arrears for dues is less than last year, 

 and that the total membership steadily increases. 



Distribution of Bulletin. — The total distribution of the Bulletin, both by 

 volumes and brochures, is more significant than the figures for the year, 

 simply, which latter can be found by comparing the following table with 

 the corresponding table in last year's report. In this table the several 

 volumes formerly " held for exchanges " are included in the reserve : 



DISTRIBUTION OF BULLETIN FROM THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE DURING THE YEARS 



1891-1896 

 Complete Volumes 



Vol.1. Vol 2. Vol.3. Vol.4. Vol.5. Vol.6. Vol.7. 



Distributed to Fellows 209 214 214 223 222 



Donated to " exchanges " 90 90 88 88 88 86 84 



Sold to libraries 77 77 79 75 71 76 67 



Sold to Fellows 19 15 9 5 3 1 



Sent to Fellows to supply de- 

 ficiencies 2 1 1 .... .... 



' Donated 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 



Bound for officers and library. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 



Volumes in reserve 69 316 360 (?) 363 (?) 353 109 (?) 123 (?) 



Xumber of complete volumes 

 received 264 506 750 (?) 750 (?) 734 500 (?) 500 (?) 



Brochures 

 Vol.1. Vol. 2. Vol.3. Vol.4. Vol.5. Vol.6. Vol.7. 



Sent to Fellows to supply de- 

 ficiencies 48 132 45 43 26 10 2 



Sent to libraries to supply de- 

 ficiencies - 7 4 3 1 1 2 



Sold to Fellows 16 20 5 13 17 6 1 



Sold to the public 11 12 12 9 4 4 6 



Donated 3 3 3 3 2 



Subscriptions. — The number of regular subscribers to the Bulletin has 

 increased somewhat during the year, being now 65 as against 59 in the 

 last report. Of these 26 receive the brochures and 39 the complete vol- 

 umes. As the list of subscribers has never been published it is here 

 included. 



