COUNCIL Foil 1859. 
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The Council must now return to the consideration of the 
financial position of the Society. The income^ as will he seen 
from the account for the year, is still in a flourishing state, 
being nearly £23 more than that of last year. At the same 
time the general expenses of the Society have been low, so that, 
hut for the extraordinary outlay mentioned at the commence¬ 
ment of this Report there would have been an excess of income 
over expenditure of £206. The extraordinary expenditure of 
a sum amounting in all to £330, however, threw a balance of 
£124 to the debtor side of the account, but as the balance at 
the credit of the Society at the close of the year 1858 was 
£137, there is still a balance of £13 in the Treasurer’s hands. 
The number of members elected since the last annual Meet¬ 
ing is sixteen, and the loss of members by death and resigna¬ 
tion has also been sixteen; but as the widows of five deceased 
members have continued their subscriptions, and one of them 
had compounded, there is an actual increase of six subscribing 
members in the year. Of Lady subscribers six have resigned, 
whilst only three have been admitted; but on the other hand 
only two associates have withdrawn, and the number elected 
has been six. The amount taken at the Gate during the past 
year exceeded that taken in 1858, but the receipts at the 
Swimming Bath have slightly fallen ofi*. 
The Council regret to have to announce that they have re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Kenrick an intimation that circumstances will 
prevent his retaining the office of Honorary Secretary, which 
he has now held with great benefit to the Society for five 
years. The Council feel it unnecessary to dwell upon the high 
qualifications possessed by Mr. Kenrick, or the zeal which he 
has displayed in the discharge of the duties of his ofiice. The 
Council, in proposing him as one of the Vice-Presidents, desire 
at once to mark their sense of the value of his services, and to 
secure for the Society the continued benefit of his advice and 
assistance. As, however, the circumstances under which it 
was considered necessary to have two Honorary Secretaries no 
longer exist, and as Mr. Noble, who is constantly resident in 
the immediate vicinity of the Museum, has expressed his 
willingness to undertake the whole of the Secretarial duties. 
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