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GENERAL  MEETING, 
12,  Hanover  Square,  Thursday,  December  7th,  1882. 
REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL. 
DURING  the  year  1882  the  number  of  Governors  and  Members 
of  the  Society  has  been  increased  by  the  election  of  4 Governors 
and  453  Members,  and  diminished  by  the  death  of  11  Governors 
and  267  Members,  the  resignation  of  149  Members,  and  the 
removal  of  163  Members  by  order  of  the  Council. 
The  Society  now  consists  of 
80  Life  Governors, 
71  Annual  Governors, 
2919  Life  Members, 
4869  Annual  Members, 
19  Honorary  Members, 
making  a total  of  7958,  and  showing  a decrease  of  164  during 
the  year  1882. 
The  Council  have  lost  two  of  their  oldest  and  most  valued 
Members  since  the  last  Annual  Meeting  in  May,  namely,  Lord 
Chesham,  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Society,  and  Mr.  C.  E. 
Amos,  a Member  of  the  Council,  and  for  many  years  the 
Consulting  Engineer  of  the  Society. 
The  vacancy  reported  at  the  Annual  Meeting  as  having  been 
caused  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Aveling  has  been  filled  by  the  elec- 
tion of  Mr.  John  Coxon,  of  Freeford  Farm,  Lichfield,  the  vacancy 
in  the  list  of  Trustees  by  the  election  of  Mr.  Dent,  and  the 
existing  vacancy  is  still  under  the  consideration  of  the  Council. 
The  half-yearly  statement  of  accounts  to  the  30th  of  June  last 
has  been  examined  and  certified  by  the  auditors  and  accountants 
of  the  Society,  and  has  been  published  in  the  ‘Journal’  for  the 
information  of  Members  of  the  Society.  The  funded  capital  of 
the  Society  remains  the  same  as  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  May, 
namely,  18,423Z.  Is.  9 d.  New  Three  per  Cents.,  and  the  balance 
of  the  current  account  in  the  hands  of  the  Society’s  bankers  on 
the  1st  instant  was  3220 l.  Os.  2d. 
