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3aopaI ^Isnniltural ^on'etj) of d^nglanli. 
ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Monday, May 22, 1843. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council have the satisfaction of reporting to the members, 
at their fifth anniversary meeting, the uninterrupted progress of 
the Society in the accomplishment of the objects for which it was 
originally founded. 
The number of its members now amounts to upwards of 7000, 
no less than 1436 having been elected during the past year. 
This extension of the Society, by the accession of new members 
from every part of the kingdom, affords a striking proof of the 
interest with which its objects are regarded by the friends of agri- 
cultural improvement ; and the increased amount of subscriptions 
has added considerably to the annual income of the Society. 
The Finance Committee have laid before the Council a highly 
satisfactory statement of the funds of the Society, and the result 
of their inquiry connected with the general receipt of subscription. 
Not only has every claim against the Society been discharged, 
and bills amounting to upwards of lOOOZ. for the work executed 
by estimate and contract in preparing the present house for the 
reception of the Society and the transaction of business, been duly 
paid, but a further investment of capital has also been effected by 
the purchase of 1000/. stock in the New S^per Cents.; the total 
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