General Meeting, May 15th, 1852. xi. 



some of the most important objects to which their attention 

 has been assiduously directed, have not yet been brought to 

 a successful termination. 



This has partly been the result of circumstances, such as 

 the absence of influeDtial Members entailing for a time the 

 suspension of the Society's proceedings ; and it is partly due 

 to the difficulty your Committee have experienced in the re- 

 construction of a system for a long time held in abeyance, and 

 in the recommencement of correspondence for a long time 

 interrupted. Your Committee are happy, however, to be able 

 to speak in favourable terms of the present position and pros- 

 pects of the Society. 



Your Committee prefer to call the attention of the Society 

 first of all to the statement of the Treasurer, marked A., and 

 attached to this Report. From this it appears that there is a 

 clear balance in favour of the Society of £13 18s. 2d. ; nor 

 is this to be considered the whole revenue for the year, for of 

 the 62 Members which compose the Society, not more than 1 1 

 have as yet been called upon, through an unavoidable delay, 

 to pay their annual subscription for 1852. It may therefore 

 reasonably be presumed, that the balance in favour of the 

 Society will not be less than £100. 



But, while your Committee cannot view such prosperous 

 circumstances but with the most sanguine satisfaction, they 

 still believe that the best interests, if not the very existence 

 of the Society, depend upon the prompt but judicious appli- 

 cation of its finances to the furtherance of those principles and 

 undertakings which suggested its institution. 



Your Committee are of opinion, that the expenditure of the 

 Society should be divided into three classes. In the first, your 

 Committee would include that necessary for the publication 

 of the Society's Journal. To the out-station Members, who 

 form a great proportion of our numbers, and by whose support 

 and ability the Society has hitherto so largely benefited, the 

 publication and distribution of our J ournals is the only com- 



