106 



The following is the statement with respect to the Receipts and Pay- 

 ments of the Society during the preceding year, which was laid on the 

 table by the Treasurer. 



Statement of the Receipts and Payments of th^ Royal Society between 

 Nov. 29, 1837, and Nov. 29. 1838. 



RECEIPTS. 



£. s. d. 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the last Audit . . 337 3 8 



32 Weekly Contributions, at one shilling 83 4 



136 Quarterly Contributions, at£l 516 



32 Admission Fees 320 



9 Compositions for Annual Payments at £60 540 



Rents : — 



One year's rent of estate at Mablethorpe: due £. s. d. 

 at Michaelmas, (less the expenses of de- 

 fending the Tythe suit, £55 13 3) 51 6 9 



One year's rent of lands at Acton : due at 



Michaelmas 60 



One year's fee-farm rent of lands in Sussex ; 



land-tax deducted : due at Michaelmas . , 19 4.0 



One fifth of the clear rent of an estate at Lam- 

 beth Hill, from the Royal College of Phy- 

 sicians, in pursuance of Lady Sadleir's will : 



due at Midsummer 3 



133 10 9 



Dividends on Stock : — 



One year's dividend on £14,000 Reduced 3 per 



cent. Annuities 420 



Dividend on £3452. 1. 1 Consols, the produce 

 of the sale of the premises in Coleman- 

 street 103 11 2 



One year's dividend on £200 Consols .... 6 



Donation Fund. 

 One year's dividend on £4150. 0. Consols 124 10 



Rumford Fund. 

 One year's dividend on £2161. 0. 10 Consols 64 16 6 



Fairchild Fund. 



One year's dividend on £100 New South Sea 



Annuities 3 



721 17 8 



Miscellaneous Receipts : — 



Sale of Philosophical Transactions and Ab- 

 stracts of Papers. 287 2 6 



Total Receipts ........ £2938 18 7 



