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GENERAL MEETING, 

 5, Cavendish Square, December 14> 1839. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 



The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of pre- 

 senting to the General Meeting a most favourable Report of the 

 present state of the Society^ and of the rapid, but secure esta- 

 blishment of the principles on which it has been founded, and 

 whether in the increase of the number of its members, the state 

 of the finances, or the favourable reception of the periodical 

 Journal, as the medium of communication for its Papers, — 

 the Committee have the pleasure of submitting under each of 

 these heads the most satisfactory statements, in detail, to the sub- 

 scribers. 



The Finance Committee have laid before the general Board 

 the most clear and ample details respecting every branch of re- 

 venue, expenditure, and contingent assets and claims on the funds. 

 These documents will be laid before you this day, and a summary 

 of their results will be printed as a balance-sheet in the forth- 

 coming number of your Journal. 



It may be only necessary to remark in this place, that the funded 

 property of the Society consists of 4000Z. stock, in the New 3^ 

 per Cents., Avith a current cash balance of 504?. Is. 11c/., besides 

 a large amount of unpaid subscriptions, respecting the payment 

 of which the Committee entertain no doubt; the outstanding 

 bills not yet presented for payment being estimated at 187/. It 

 also appears that the available income of the Society may be esti- 

 mated at 2666Z. per annum, exclusive of what may arise from the 

 subscriptions of new members. The premiums offered for the 

 ensuing year amount to the sum of 1000 guineas. The Finance 



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