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after having devoted the necessary funds to this purpose, tliat 
they had a surplus in hand, presented one half of this surplus, 
consisting of £30., to the Society, and the Council accord- 
ingly appropriated a large portion of this sum to the 
arrangement of Dalton’s apparatus. Having been examined 
and cleaned by competent persons, it was placed, after a small 
and unimportant portion had been rejected, in a handsome 
oaken case with glass doors, which now stands in the corridor 
of the Society’s rooms. Here it may be inspected at leisure 
by the members and visitors, and it may serve to remind us 
occasionally of the great man to whom it once belonged, and 
of the important results at which he arrived by its means. 
This interesting collection of relics will now prove not only 
an ornament to the Society’s premises, but also one of the 
most remarkable curiosities of which our city can boast. 
The deficient ventilation and lighting of the room in which 
the Society holds its meetings has engaged the attention of 
the Council, and a Committee was appointed to report on the 
subject and devise means for efibcting their improvement. No 
steps have, however, been taken by the Committee, as it was 
afterwards thought better to defer doing so until the ensuing 
recess, when the whole of the premises will have to be ex- 
amined for the purpose of having the necessary repairs and 
painting performed. 
The state of the Society’s finances will be seen from the 
subjoined account of the Treasurer. 
