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Report to the General Meeting , 
the Rev. Lord Forester, Lord Charles J. F. Russell (a Foundation 
Life Governor, elected in 1838), Lord Swansea (a Member of the 
Council from 1884 to 1886), the Hon. Elton Gifford, the Hon. Edward 
Kenyon, Sir John D. Astley, Bart., Sir W. R. C. Cooke, Bart., Sir 
John Cowell, Bart., Sir J. Errington, Bart., Sir Gilbert Greenall, 
Bart, (a Member since 1841), Sir C. H. Tempest, Bart., Gen. Sir 
George Maude, Col. the Rt. Hon. J. S. North (a Foundation Life 
Governor, elected in 1839), Mr. J. S. Bankes (a Member since 
1847), Mr. Manfred Biddell, Col. Ireland Blackburne, Mr. 
R. Bamford Hesketh, Mr. R. Archer- Houblon (a Foundation 
Life Governor, elected in 1840), Mr. F. D. Johnson, of Aykley- 
heads, Durham (a Member since 1844), Mr. John Morton, of 
West Rudham, Mr. John Prout, of Sawbridgeworth, Mr. N. P. 
Stilgoe, of Adderbury, Banbury, Mr. John Walter, of Bearwood, 
Mr. James Weatherby, and Gen. E. L. Wynne, of Coed Coch, 
Abergele. 
5. These and other changes bring the total number of Governors 
and Members now on the Register to 11,247, divided as follows : — 
17 Foundation Life Governors (Members elected before the 
granting of the Charter on March 26, 1840) ; 
77 Governors paying an annual subscription of 5 1. ; 
96 Life Governors ; 
7250 Members paying an annual subscription of 11. ) 
3682 Life Members ; 
102 Life Members by Examination ; 
23 Honorary Members ; 
11,247 Total number of Governors and Members ; 
or a net increase of 28 Members since the same period last year. 
6. It is with great pleasure that the Council congratulate the 
Governors and Members upon the first General Meeting in the 
Society’s new house, and upon the satisfactory completion of an 
enterprise which has engaged the constant attention of the House 
Committee for the past two years. It is only fitting that acknow- 
ledgment should here be made, as in previous reports, of the Society’s 
deep indebtedness to the Duke of Westminster and Sir Walter 
Gilbey, without whose timely and generous help it would have been 
impossible for the Society to become possessed of a permanent home 
so commodious and so centrally situated. The large room on the 
ground floor has been fitted up as a reading and writing room for 
the convenience of Members, and it is now open and ready for use. 
7. By the acquisition of these new premises the Council will be 
able through their Committees and Executive Staff to carry on the 
multifarious operations of the Society under greatly improved con- 
ditions ; and there is every reason to hope that the work of the 
Society may continue to develop in many useful directions. At the 
same time it must be borne in mind that the maintenance and 
extension of the Society’s operations depend upon a continued How 
of new subscribers. At least 500 new Members need to be elected 
