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Annual Meeting, April 21st, 1874. 
E. W. Binney, F.RS., F.G.S., Vice-President, in the Chair, 
The following Report of the Council was read by one of 
the Secretaries : 
The Treasurers Account for the past year shows that 
the general balance has increased from £407 Is. 4d. on the 
31st of March, 1873, to £435 13s. Id. on the 31st of March 
last. It must however be remarked that this increase is 
due to the fact that no expenditure has been incurred during 
the year for binding books, in consequence of the Hon. 
Librarian having been unable to give his attention to the 
business of the Library as heretofore. 
The number of ordinary members on the roll of the 
Society on the 1st of April, 1873, was 169, and eleven new 
members have since been elected ; the losses are, deaths, 4 ; 
resignations, 3; and defaulters, 2. The number on the roll 
on the 1st of April instant was therefore 171. The deceased 
members are Thomas Garrick, Peter Higson, Thomas Turner, 
and Frederick Crace-Calvert. 
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Mr. Thomas Carrick was born at Rockcliffe House, five 
miles from Carlisle, on the 12th of April, 1816. He was 
the eldest son and third child of David Carrick; Jun., 
banker, Carlisle, and Sarah his wife, n^e Brockbank, of 
Ulverstone. When three years old his life was nearly lost 
by fire ; his clothes were ignited in nursery play, and he was 
severely burned. For many succeeding years he was a 
suffering and delicate boy, naturally shy and diffident, 
quiet and fond of books, and not joining much in the active 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phil, Soc. — Yol. XIII. — No. 12. — Session 1873-4. 
