FROM THE COMMITTEE ROOM. 
Fellow Members,— 
Our third Annual Meeting has now been held and with this issue of our Journal 
each Member will leceive a copy of the Annual Report. The meeting was presided 
over by Mr. W. Smithson, and though the meeting itself was not as largely attended 
as it might have been, those members who did put in an appearance entered most 
heartily into the business of the evening. After the Report and Balance Sheet had 
been read and adopted, the Election of Officers took place with the following results. 
Mr. Henry Nutter was re-elected President, and the following were elected Vice- 
Presidents : Tattersall Wilkinson, J. W. Kneeshaw, T. Booth, S. Holden, F. C. Long, 
Rev. J. S. Doxey, J. Mackenzie, M.D., P. J. Roberts, F G.S., A. Wilmore, F.G.S., 
L. Heap, V' . Smithson was re-elected Treasurer ; R. Radcliffe, Financial Secretary ; 
S. Holden, Auditor ; John Allen, General Secretary. The following constitute the 
Council for the coming year : J. W. Eastwood, J. Gordon, S. Austerberry, J. Crooke, 
A. Wright, W. Middleton, J. U. Smith, and John Dean. 
Herewith the Committee present the Balance Sheet read by Mr. R. Radcliffe, 
Financial Secretary: — 
BALANCE SHEET FROM APRIL 20, 1895, TO APRIL 14th, 1896. 
To Tea Meeting ... 
,, Refreshments ... 
,, Subscriptions 
£ s. d. 
Donations A Friend ...1 0 0 
„ T. Booth ... 10 0 
„ J. Allen 13 0 
,, S Austerberry 10 0 
,, F. C Long ... 6 6 
,, L. Heap 2 0 
„ J. Crook 10 0 
,, W. Stanworth. 10 0 
,, Coun.Beecham 5 6 
,, W. Smithson... 15 8 
To Balance, per J. Allen ... 
„ Fares to Crawshaw Hall 
,, Fares to Bacup 
,, Bank 
,, Treasurer 
,, Advertisements 
,, Sundry Collections 
,, Concerts 
,, Teaparty 
£ 
s. 
d. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
1 
17 
0 
By Rent of Room 
, t 
7 
16 
0 
3 
10 
0 
£ 
s. 
d. 
20 
5 
0 
,, Rates 
2 
3 
3 
,, Gas 
10 
3 
2 
13 
6 
Tradesmen’s Accounts— 
J. Gordon 
17 
rr 
i 
J. Vann 
8 
0 
J. Grant 
12 
6 
W. Smithson 
1 
0 
8 
J. Holt 
1 
6 
10 
J. Holt 
2 
2 
0 
Burnley Cairiage Co. 
3 
6 
6 
Burnley Carriage Co. 
1 
11 
0 
5 
2 
8 
J. Smith 
11 
8 
2 
19 
2 
W. Pascoe 
10 
6 
T 
2 
6 
W. L. Ham 
19 
0 
3 
11 
4 
W. L. Ham 
15 
0 
3 
0 
0 
J. Dixon 
3 
9 
1 
1 
4 
J. Baldwin 
1 
5 
0 
2 
2 
7 
Burnley Gazette ... 
1 
16 
6 
1 
8 
2 
17 
6 
6 
5 
2 
6 
By Treasurer 
. , 
... 
7 
10 
0 
3 
16 
0 
,, Treasurer 
10 
0 
,, Bank 
.. 
... 
3 
0 
0 
)) J-»a.urv . . . ^ ^ ^ 
,, Expenses in connection with 
Houlding's Poems 1 9 6 
,, Expenses of Lecturers, Post- 
ages, Stationery, etc. ... 9 12 11 
,, Balance 4 19 10 
£54 18 3 
£54 18 3 
By Rule 7 the Annual Meeting fixes the Subscription to be paid for the coming 
year. This year the members decided that the Subscription shall be 5/-. The Council 
have reason to believe that this sum will meet with general approval, as it has 
several times been suggested by members. The increase of 1/- per annum will 
certainly relieve the strain occasionally felt by the Financial Secretary to meet the 
ordinary expenditure of the year. 
An alteration of Rule 3 was submitted and adopted, and it now reads as follows : 
“ The Society shall consist of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members, and 
“ Associates. Honorary Members shall be elected only at the Annual, or at a 
“ Special Meeting, and on the nomination of the Committee or of six members. 
“No one shall, however, be elected an Honorary Member who has not made some 
“ contribution to Literature, Science, or Art.” 
