66 
NATURE NOTES. 
The following very satisfactory financial statement for the 
year ending December 31st, 1889, was then read and adopted : — 
Dr. 
Cr. 
£ 
s. d. 1 
£ 
s. 
d. 
To Balance from 1SS8 
34 
16 7 
By the Publishers of the 
,, Sale of Prospectuses, 
“ Selborne Magazine ” 
4 S 
13 
II 
Cards, & c 
11 
5 72 
,, Messrs. Bale and Sons, 
,, Annual Subscriptions ... 
87 
11 9 
(Printers) 
28 
4 
3 
,, Donations 
2 
9 6 
j ,, Subscriptions paid to 
., Credit Balances on 
Branches in respect of 
Annual Accounts of 
Members Transferred 
2 
6 
6 
Branches 
39 
9 U 
,, Rent 
30 
O 
O 
,, Secretary 
23 
19 
6 
,, Stationery, Stamps, and 
Incidental Expenses of 
Office ... 
is 
9 
7 
, ,, Balance... 
26 
19 
5 
>Ci7S 
•3 2 
£ns 
13 
2 
Balance ... ... ... £26 19 5 J. L. Otter, Hon. Treasurer. 
Examined and found correct , 
M. Wolryche-Whitmore, 
H. J/. Exchequer and Audit Dept. 
The proposal that the contributions of the branches to the 
General Fund should be not less than 10 per cent, of their gross 
receipts was agreed to. 
The following are the more important of the alterations in 
the General Rules, which were recommended by the Council and 
approved by the meeting. 
“ That the officers of the Society, except the Trustees, shall 
hold office for one year (instead of two as previously). 
“ That branches be empowered to elect representatives to serve 
on the Council in the proportion of one representative to fifty 
members, provided that a branch consisting of less than fifty' 
members shall elect one representative. And — 
“ That a representative of a branch, not residing in London, 
may appoint a proxy to serve in his stead at meetings of the 
Council.” 
Air. Musgrave was unanimously elected co-trustee with Sir 
John Lubbock. Some additional Vice-Presidents and a new 
Council were also elected. 
The new list of the officers of the Society is as follo-ws : — 
Patroness. 
Her Royal Highness Princess Christian. 
President. 
The Lord Tennyson. 
Trustees. 
Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., M.P., See., 
C. A. Musgrave, Esq., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. 
