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REPORT OF THE COrNClL FOR 1951 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1951 
This Report and the audited accounts printed below cover the period 
January 1st to December 31st, 1951. 
MEMBEIiSniP. During the year 106 new members joined the Society ; 
of these, 33 (31%) were introduced through the activities of the Adver- 
tising Committee. We lost 27 members through death, resignation and 
the operation of Rule 6 (d), giving a net increase of 79. This may be 
compared with net increases of 22, 12, and 104 respectively for 1948, 
1949, and 19-50. The total membership at the end of the year was 681. 
FINANCE. The financial position has continued to improve during 
the year in spite of rising costs generally. Receipts from subscriptions 
amounted to £641 compared with £590 for 1950, and £492 for 1949, and 
greater membership is also reflected in increased proceeds of sales of 
publications. 
Expenditure on our journal, IFafsoma, has been considerably less 
than may be expected in an average year, owing to the incidence of 
dates of publication. 
We are very grateful to the Royal Society for an allotment of £250 
from the Scientific Publications Grant-in-aid Fund towards the cost of 
our publications. Of this, £150 had not been actually received by the 
end of the year and is therefore not shown in the annexed accounts. 
This grant will enable us to maintain the standard of our periodicals 
and it has made it possible for us to undertake publication of the papers 
to be read at the Conference arranged for April 1952. 
The stocks of Comital Flora and the British Plant List are now 
almost exhausted and receipts from the remaining copies will be small. 
The proceeds of sales in previous years have been accumulated on the 
Publications Fund, the balance of which is available towards the cost 
of new editions. 
Arrangements have been made whereby members can execute Deeds 
of Covenant in payment of their subscriptions to enable the Society to 
augment its income by reclaiming Income Tax. The response so far has 
been disappointing and it is hoped that more members will assist us, 
without cost to themselves, by paying tbeir subscriptions under this 
arrangement. 
DEVELOPMENT AND PULES COMMITTEE. Secretary: Mr. E. 
Milne-Redhead. 
Alterations in the Rules recommended by the Rules Committee were 
adopted at the Annual General Meeting on April 14th (see Year Booh. 
1951, p. 25). The Development Committee revised the lists of Local 
