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The number of ordinary members at the present time 
is 38, corresponding member 1, and of associates 8 ; against 
39, and 8 respectively, at the corresponding period last 
year, three new members having been elected, while three 
members have withdrawn or died. 
The funds of the Section are in a prosperous condition as 
will be seen from the Treasurer’s Balance Sheet, the balance 
in hand amounting to £23 Is. 2d., against £24 16s. Id. last 
year. 
The Council have purchased several valuable works 
during the year ; such as “ Boot’s Illustrations of the 
genus Carex,” and some early volumes of the Microscopical 
Journal and Transactions. 
The set in the Library of the latter work is now complete 
with the exception of one number, viz., No. XIX, for April, 
1857, and your Council would be very glad to acquire this 
number of the Journal by donation or purchase. 
The expenditure for the above works has somewhat 
reduced the balance in the Treasurer’s hands; but as all 
the works so purchased become the property of the parent 
Society, your Council have concluded an arrangement with 
the Council of the Society, by which one half the cost is 
borne by each, provided the works proposed to be bought 
are approved by the Librarian. 
