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of the Fellows to the convenience that is thus afforded them, they may 
make the knowledge of the fact more widely spread. 
Library . — The circulation of books to Fellows has considerably 
increased during the past year ; and the Council hope that when the 
Catalogue is published, referred to in last year’s Report, the value of 
the Library will be further increased to the Fellows; they have to 
report that a beginning has been made with a subject Catalogue, which 
ought to be, when completed, of immense advantage. 
Instruments and Apparatus . — A rough inventory of the Society’s 
instruments has been prepared, and the Council will be glad to receive 
information from the Fellows as to the past history of many of the 
instruments. They hope when the inventory is made more complete to 
issue it to the Fellows. 
Journal . — A consideration of the state of the Society’s finances led 
the Council last year to request the Editor to diminish the size of the 
December number of the Journal, and to do his best to keep the Journal 
within more moderate limits ; this request has been faithfully attended 
to, and the Council hope that no further reductions will be found neces- 
sary ; but they can only permit the abstracts in the Journal to be as full, 
and the illustrations to be as numerous as they have been in the past, if 
the income of the Society be kept up to its old standard by the punctual 
payment of the Annual Subscriptions of the Fellows. 
The communications printed in the Transactions, which were 12 in 
1892, and 11 in 1891, were 13 in 1893; slight as the increase is, the 
Council are glad to note an increase instead of a decrease in the memoirs 
presented to the Society. 
Some idea of the extent of information given in the Journal last 
year may be gathered from the fact that the number of references in the 
Indices amount to more than 4800. 
Mr. J. J. Yezey said he had much pleasure in moving the adoption 
of the Report which had just been read ; he thought it showed that the 
Society was in a satisfactory condition, although it appeared to have shared 
in the general financial depression of the year. 
Mr. F. W. Hembrey having seconded the motion, 
The President put it to the meeting and declared it to be carried 
unanimously. 
The Treasurer (Mr. W. T. Suffolk) then read his Statement of 
Account for the year 1893, and submitted the Balance Sheet duly certified 
by Mr. E. Dadswell and Mr. J. J. Yezey, the Auditors appointed at the 
preceding meeting. 
The President said that they could hardly regard the Treasurer’s 
Report as being otherwise than satisfactory, although their balance in 
hand was not so large as it might have been owing to the large number 
of subscriptions which seemed to be in arrear ; this matter would, how- 
ever, no doubt receive the attention of those whom it concerned. He 
had great pleasure in moving that the Treasurer’s Report be received 
and adopted. This motion having been put from the chair was carried 
unanimously. 
