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SiXo^Sil asn'ruUiual Society of (Knglanii. 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanoveb Squarf, Monday, May 23rd, 1881. 
EEPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council regret to announce that the number of Members 
of the Society during the past year has been seriously dimin- 
ished by the resignation of no less than 216, as well as by the 
death of 3 Governors and 43 Members, and the removal of 
40 Members from the list by order of the Council. Since the 
last General Meeting in December these deficiencies have been 
partially repaired by the election of 199 Members. 
The Society now consists of: — 
85 Life Governors, 
69 Annual Governors, 
2765 Life Members, 
5041 Annual Members, 
19 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 7979, and showing a decrease of 103 since 
the December General Meeting. 
The Council have recently sustained a great loss by the 
death of three valued colleagues, — Mr. Odams, Mr. Cantrell, 
and Mr. D. R. Davies. The vacancy caused in the first case 
has been filled up by the election of Mr. G. Mander Allender, 
of Saint Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, the second is still under 
consideration, and the third will be filled up by the vote of the 
Members by ballot to-day. 
The accounts for the year 1880 have been examined and 
certified by the auditors and accountants of the Society, and 
have been published in the last number of the ' Journal,' together 
with the statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Carlisle 
