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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The following Report of the (^puncil Avas read by one of 
the Secretaries : — 
At the commencement of the present session, the number 
of ordinary members was 204 ; during the course of the 
session 18 members have resigned; 2 have been struck off 
the list as defaulters ; one member, Mr. G. D. Fleming, has 
died ; and 4 new members have been elected. The present 
number of ordinary members is therefore 187. No alteration 
has taken place in the list of honorary or corresponding 
members. 
Your Council are glad again to be able to refer to tbe very 
satisfactory Financial Statement of the Treasurer, from which 
it appears that the balance in hand this year amounts to 
£320. 18s. 7d., against £248. 6s. 7d., in hand last year. 
Your Council are likewise glad to remark the increasing 
estimation in which the Proceedings of the Society are held 
by the scientific and reading public, as evidenced by their 
being regularly printed in full in several literary and scientific 
journals. 
The valuable library of literary and scientific reference, 
which the Society now possesses, has during the past year 
been enriched by the additions of the memoirs and transactions 
of the numerous academies and scientific societies throughout 
the world, with which the Society is now connected. These 
additions are noted in the Librarian’s Report annexed. 
Amongst numerous gifts of literary and scientific value 
which have been made to the Society during the past year, 
your Council desire to mention the donation by Dr. "NY. C. 
Henry, of an extensive collection of letters, papers, and other 
documents belonging to the late Dr. Dalton ; and also several 
manuscripts, diagrams, &c., belonging to the late Professor 
Hodgkinson, and presented by his widow. These papers, 
many of which have a high scientific value, are preserved in 
the archives of the Society. 
