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GENERAL MEETING, 



12, Hanover Squake, Saturday, May 22, 1852. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Since the last General Meeting in December, 37 Members have 

 died, and the names of 120 been removed from the list ; while 

 104 Candidates have during the same period been elected : so 

 that the Society now consists of — 



93 Life Governors, 

 156 Annual Governors, 

 711 Life Members, 

 4002 Annual Members, and 

 19 Honorary Members ; 



making a total of 498.1 Members on the list of the Society at 

 the present time : a census which shows a slight decrease, since 

 the last General Meeting, in the Governors and Members paying 

 annual subscriptions, but an increase in those who have con- 

 nected themselves more permanently with the Society by pay- 

 ment of the compositions for life. — The Council have appointed 

 Mr. Miles, M.P., of Leigh Court, one of the Vice-Presidents of 

 the Society, in the place of Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., deceased ; 

 and have elected the Earl of March a general Member of the 

 Council, to supply the vacancy thus created in that list, by the 

 transfer of Mr. Miles's name to the list of the Vice-Presidents. 



The Council have the satisfaction of stating, that at no former 

 period in the history of the Society, have its finances been in a 

 more favourable condition than at the present time. 



