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ANNUAL MEETING. 



this occasion, at the Annual General Meeting on Monday next, but, 

 unfortunately, he will be prevented from doing so by the fact that 

 be has to take his seat on the Woolsack in the House of Lords at 

 that very hour, yours faithfully ; K. C. Norman (Secretary)." 



While regretting the absence of his Lordship, we must take care, 

 on a future occasion, to make the hour convenient for him to be 

 present. 



I have also letters of apology from Professor Lionel Beale, 

 Dr. Chaplin, Sir Fowell Buxton, and Mr. David Howard, Vice- 

 President, who is on the Continent. 



The Secretary then read the Keport, as follows : — 



1. In presenting the Thirty-Seventh Annual Eeport, the 

 Oouncil have the pleasure of stating that the Institute has had, 

 on the whole, a successful session, and that the financial con- 

 dition is satisfactory. We entered the year 1902 with a balance 

 of £6 3s. lid. ; whereas we commenced the present year with a 

 balance of £33 Is. 9d., all claims having been paid. This 

 satisfactory position of our finances is due to the plan which has 

 been adopted of paying all bills as they fall due, and to the 

 exercise of economy in management. 



2. As regards Membership. The Council regrets a falling off 

 in the number of annual members and associates, probably due 

 to the severe monetary pressure of the past year ; while there is 

 a slight increase in the number of life members and associates. 

 This decrease is more apparent than real, as it had been the 

 practice in past years to allow names to remain for a long time 

 after the subscriptions had ceased to be paid, with the hope that 

 the subscribers would renew their subscriptions in the future 

 year — a hope sometimes happily realised. The list now 

 presented may be considered as approximately correct. The 

 following is the statement of the numbers of the constituency 

 of the Institute at the end of May last : — 



Life Members 46 in number. 



Annual ... ... ... ... 161 „ 



Life Associates ... ... ... 69 „ 



Annual Associates ... ... ... 430 „ 



Hon. Corresponding Members and 



Associates 172 „ 



Total 884 



