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GENERAL MEETING. 
12 IIanovek SauAKE, Tuesday, May 22, 1S88. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council have to I'eport the following changes in the list of 
Members of the Society during the year which has elapsed since 
the last Annual Meeting in May, 1887: 393 New Members 
have been elected, whilst 4 Governors and 252 Members have 
resigned, 7 Governors and 133 Members have died, and 90 
Members have been removed from the list by order of the 
Council. 
2. The Society now consists of: — 
CG Life Governors, 
5G Annual Governors, 
3,521 Life Members, 
5,225 Annual Members, 
16 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 8,884, and showing a decrease of 98 Members 
since this time last year. 
3. Since the General Meeting held last December, the follow- 
ing changes have taken place in the Council : Earl Cathcart 
[ has been elected a Trustee in the room of the late Duke of 
Rutland, and the Earl of Feversham a Vice-President in the 
room of Earl Cathcart. The vacancy thus caused in the Council 
^has not yet been filled up, but is now under consideration. The 
Duke of Portland has been elected a Member of Council in the 
room of Mr. Joseph Druce, who has retired on account of ill- 
health. 
