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GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Tuesday, Mat 22, 18G0. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Society consists, at the present time, of — 
72 Life Governors, 
119 Annual Governors, 
927 Life Members, 
4,047 Annual Members, 
making a total of 5,165 names on the list. 
The finances of the Society have on no former occasion been 
in so favourable a condition. 
The dividend on the estate of the late Secretary amounts to 
970/. lis. lOd., being at the rate of 10s. ll|c?. in the pound, 
which has been paid into the Society's bankers. 
The funded capital, which stood at 10,000/., has been raised 
by further investment to the amount of 12,000/. in the New Three 
per Cents. 
The Finance Committee have appointed Messrs. Quilter and 
Ball to be the Professional Accountants of the Society, who by 
frequent and close examination of the books and accounts will 
materially assist the Committee. 
The Council have elected Professor Voelcker, the Society's 
Consulting Chemist, to be an honorary member of the Society. 
The Consulting Chemist is engaged in investigations on the 
following subjects : — 
Field Experiments on Wheat, Barley, and Turnips. 
The Action of Simple Saline Compounds on the Soil. 
The Feeding Value and Composition of Mangold Pulp. 
The Chemistry of Cheese and Butter. 
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