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ANNUAL REPORT. 



7. New Members and Associates. 



The following are the names of new Members and Associates 

 elected up to the end of the year 1915 : — 



Members. — The Rev. Martin Anstey, M.A., B.D., William Barnett, Esq., 

 the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan D.D. 



Associates. — Benjamin Akhnrst, Esq., Walter H. Bacon, Esq., C. E. 

 Buckland, Esq., CLE., William Doman, Esq., the Rev. J. L. Evans, M.A.. 

 the Rev. J. W. Fall, M.A., Maurice Gregory, Esq., Dr. A. Withers 

 Green, J. Norman Holmes, Esq., John Lee, Esq., Miss Jessie Little, 

 R. Maconachie, Esq., B.A., The Lady Jane Taylor, the Rev. D. H. D. 

 Wilkinson, M.A., the Rev. W. E. Woodhams Denham. 



8. Numbers of Members and Associates. 



The following statement shows the number of supporters 

 of the Institute at the end of December, 1915 : — 



Life Members 24 



Annual Members ... ... ... 81 



Life Associates ... ... ... 65 



Annual Associates ... ... ... 277 



Missionary Associates ... ... 14 



Library Associates ... ... ... 29 



Total 490 



showing a net decrease of 38, as compared with the total 

 number of subscribers under the same headings reported in 

 last year's return. 



There are also 87 names on the roll of Honorary Correspond- 

 ing Members. 



9. Finance. 



The decrease shown above has been due partly to resignations 

 due to the economic effects of the War, and partly to the 

 difficulty of securing new subscribers in a time of such general 

 preoccupation. But it has seriously diminished the financial 

 resources of the Institute, so that, though the expenditure 

 incurred during the past year was nearly £80 less than in 1914, 

 there was a debit against the Institute — after allowing for a 

 cheque not presented — of £12 6s. 3d. at the end of the year, as 

 compared with a credit in its favour of £15 0.s. 2d. at the close 

 of 1914. There is the further grave consideration that 1916 

 opens with a list of subscribers already seriously diminished. 



