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3 The appointment of a paid Secretary is still deferred 
until such an expense can he incurred without detriment to 
flip iTvfipr( 3 sts of tli 6 Institute. ... 
4 With a view to the convenience of Members, the Beading 
and' Writing-room, and the Library, have been thrown open 
from ten tfll six o’clock. Although, oi late, many valuable 
additions have been made to the Library, and several learned 
institutions, including the KoyaM 3oci, ^ J* 
exchanging Proceedings with the Institute, yet it is by no 
metTf“e g xtensive as desirable, and gifts of books as well as 
further subscriptions to the Special I und, are mviteL 
5. The Council regrets to announce the decease ot the 
following valued supporters of the Institute The Kev. J. N. 
Green Armytage, M.A. (Foundation Member) ; A. C. Brebnei, 
-pv n ( A ssociatel • the Right Hon. the Lord Harris, H-C-b. • 
fMemberL Sir Donald McLeod, K.C.S.I. (Member) ; the Rev. 
W Shaw, M.A. (Foundation Member) ; Major H. D. Broughton 
Smith (Life Member); Neil Smith, Esq., Jum, A.M. (Mem- 
ber) • Rev. W. Webster, M.A. (Foundation Associate). 
d/The following is a statement of the changes which have 
occurred during the past twelve months : 
Life Annual 
Members. Associates. Members. Associates. 
Numbers on 1st 
May, 1872 
28 
5 
209 
K 
82 
2 
Deduct deaths ... 
1 
O 
27 
204 
80 
Withdrawn 
— 
— ■ 
5 
5 
199 
75 
Changes 
— 
— 
- 1 
+ 1 
198 
76 
Joined between 
May 1st, 1872, 
and May 1st, 
1873 
— 
2 
47 
62 
27 
7 
*245 
138 
l 
j 
v 
) 
V 
34 
383 
Total 
417* 
* The total number on the 1st of January, 1871, was 204. 
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