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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
COUNCIL 
OF THE 
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
OF 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 
Your Council beg leave to submit the following report for the year 
now ending : 
Membership. 
Nineteen members were added in the course of the year, but owing 
to losses caused by resignations and change of residence, our actual 
gain is not large. 
Finance. 
The Treasurer makes the following statement of receipts and 
expenditures for 1899 and 1900 : 
Income. 
1899. 
Balance from 1898 $ 98 07 
Membership fees 137 00 
Sale of Bulletins 28 35 
Donations 22 00 
Interest on investments 204 00 
Dividends Botsford estate . . 20 00 
Government grant 125 00 
$634 42 
Disbursements. 
Printing and distributing Bulletins $144 47 
Library, books and binding 43 65 
Maintenance of Museum 93 28 
Miscellaneous 136 63 
Balance on hand 216 39 
634 42 
