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the past year, and that the finances are in a favourable condition. 

 It is particularly pleasing to announce that the Society's House 

 is free from debt, as a glance at the Honorary Treasurer's 

 Statement will show. 



The number of members on the roll on 30th April, 1886, was 

 492 ; during the past year 34 new members have been elected, 

 and two names have been restored to the roll. Against this 

 increase the Society lost by death, 13 ; by resignation, 13 ; 

 12 names have been struck off the roll under Rule XI V., 

 and two elections have been cancelled for the same reason ; 

 making the total number of members on the 30th April, 

 1887, 488. Obituary— Ordinary Members : Dr. E. H. Bestic, 

 elected 1878; Dr. J. Le Gay Brereton, elected 1868; Hon. 

 W. A. Brodribb, M. L. C, elected 1876; Alfred Chandler, 

 elected 1876; Andrew Cunningham, elected 1877; Hugh George, 

 elected 1878; Karl W. Goergs, elected 1881; Rev. A. Milne 

 Jarvie, 1879; Dr. W. F. Mackenzie, elected 1874; Rev. Peter 

 MacPherson, M.A., elected 1878 ; Dr. Rudolph Schuette, elected 

 1876 ; Hon. Sir Alexander Stuart, M.L.A., elected 1874 ; H. A. 

 Thompson, elected 1870. Honorary Member : Thomas Walker, 

 elected 1878. The vacancy in the list of Honorary Members, 

 caused by the death of Thomas Walker, Esq., Yaralla, Concord, 

 to whom the Society is indebted for the munificent donation of 

 £500, is proposed to be filled by the election of Michael Foster, 

 Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c, Professor of Physiology in the University 

 of Cambridge, and one of the Secretaries of the Royal Society of 

 London. 



The conditional offer made by Mr. Edward Ross Fairfax (through 

 Professor Liversidge on the 27th Oct. 1886) of £200 as a donation 

 to the Building Fund, resulted in the sum of £437 being subscribed 

 by the members, which together with the liberal grant from 

 Government of pound for pound, enabled the balance of the 

 mortgage upon the building (viz., £800) to be cleared off by the 

 31st December, 1886, leaving a balance in hand of £175 5s. Id. to 

 the credit of the fund. The total amount subscribed by members 



