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Annual Meeting, April 19th, 1864. 
E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
Capt. John Mitchell, Superintendent of the Madras 
Museum, was elected a Corresponding Member of the Society. 
The following Report of the Council was read by one of 
the Secretaries : — 
REPORT OE THE COUNCIL. 
In presenting their Annual Report the Council are glad 
to be able to congratulate the Members upon the generally 
satisfactory condition of the Society. During the past year 
fourteen new ordinary Members have been elected, whilst on 
the other hand the losses have been by deaths four, defaulters 
two, and resignations four, the present number of ordinary 
members being one hundred and ninety against one hundred 
and eighty-six of last year. The Council are also glad to 
call attention to the satisfactory condition of the Society’s 
finances as seen in the Treasurer’s Report annexed, the 
balance in the hands of the Treasurer now being £371. 8s. Id. 
against £320. 18s. 7d. of last year. The two parts of the 
second volume of the third series of the Memoirs are now 
ready, the third part completing the volume, and containing 
papers read during the present Session, is already in hand, 
and will be finished before the commencement of the ensuing 
Session. The increasing value of the library of scientific 
reference is a subject to which the Council may justly refer 
with pride, the number of academies and scientific bodies 
■u ith which the Society is in communication has steadily 
augmented, and now exceeds that of almost any other similar 
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