GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Saturday, December 9, 1854. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council have to report, that since the last General Meeting 
in May, the Society has lost 45 of its members - by death or 
otherwise, while 135 new members have during the same period 
been elected on its list ; which now contains — 
89 Life Governors, 
145 Annual Governors, 
778 Life Members, 
4236 Annual Members, and 
19 Honorary Members. 
The vacancy in the Council created by the death of Mr. French 
Burke has been filled up by the appointment of the Earl of 
Darnley. 
In consequence of the losses incurred by the meeting at Lewes, 
and by the non-payment of subscriptions due, the Council have 
found it necessary to sell out of the funds the sum of 1500/., 
thereby reducing the amount of funded property to 9264Z. When 
all the out-standing claims of the Society, which by inattention 
have not yet been sent in, are paid, a fair balance will remain in 
the hands of the bankers. 
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