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Annual Meeting, April 20th, 1858. 
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W. Fairbairn, F.R.S., &c.. President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Colin Mather was elected an ordinary member of the 
Society. 
The following Report was then read by one of the 
Secretaries : 
The Council rejoice to say that the alfairs of the Society are 
in a prosperous condition. The number of members has sulfered 
no diminution, but on the contrary a slight increase has taken 
place. At the last Annual Meeting the Society consisted of 
one hundred and seventy-nine ordinary members. Since then 
seven have resigned and two have been removed by death, 
whilst eleven new members have been elected, making the 
number at present on the list one hundred and eighty-one. 
Both of the' deceased members were gentlemen who at various 
times took an active part in managing the affairs of the 
Society. Mr. John Moore became a member of the Society 
in the year 1815. For thirteen years successively, viz., from 
1838 to 1850 he was elected a Vice-President, and for four 
years in succession, viz., from 1851 to 1854 he held the office 
of President of the Society. As long as his health permitted, 
he was a regular attendant at the meetings, and he at all 
times took a deep interest in the prosperity of the Society. 
Mr. Moore’s attention was chiefly directed to subjects con- 
nected with natural history and agriculture. In the Memoirs 
of the Society will be found four papers of his, the titles 
of which are*^ as follows : “ Remarks (chiefly agricultural) 
made during a short Excursion into Westmoreland and 
Cumberland,”* “ Remarks on the Study of Entomology,”! 
“ Observations on the Effect of Severe Frost on the Blossoms 
of the Jargonelle Pear,”! and “ A Memoir of Mr. Edward 
* New Series, Vol. III., p. 179. t Ditto, Vol. V., p. 112. + Ditto, Vol. tL., p. 1. 
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