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l\o^c[l asn'tultuial ^on'ctp of a^nglanti* 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, WEcxESDAy, May 22, 1869. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
Since the General Meeting in December, 4 Governors and 48 
Members have died, the name of 1 Governor has been transferred 
to the list of Members, and the names of 212 Members have 
been removed from the list ; 2 Governors and 194 Members have 
Ijeen elected, so that the Society now consists of 
75 Life Governors, 
73 Annual Governors, 
1417 Life Members, 
38G4 Annual Members, 
17 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 5446, being a decrease of 15 names as compared 
with this time last year. 
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., has been elected a 
Vice-President in the room of the late Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, 
Bart., M.P ; and Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., M.P., of Rufford 
Hall, Lancashire, and Thomas Statter, Esq., of Stand Hill, 
VVhitefield, Manchester, have been elected Members of the 
Council to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Clare 
•Sewell Read, Esq., M.P., and the election of His Grace the Duke 
of Richmond, K.G., as a Vice-President. 
The half-yearly statement of accounts to the 31st December, 
1868, has been examined and certified by the auditors and ac- 
countants of the Society. This statement has been published in 
the last number of the Journal, together with the Leicester 
Country Meeting account, and a balance-sheet for the whole 
year 1868. 
The funded capital of the Society still remains 16,027/. 19*. 7d., 
in the New Three per Cents., the sum of 3000Z. lies on deposit 
