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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igil. 
Last year your Council announced that the plans for the new 
Lecture Theatre, so generously erected by the influence of our 
President, Dr. Tempest Anderson, were complete; this year sees 
the building erected and it is hoped that within a few months 
it will be completed and ready for use. The Central Hall with 
balcony takes the place of the old Lecture Theatre, and supplies 
an exceedingly handsome Reception room. 
During the past year the heating apparatus of the Museum 
has been overhauled and extended with modern radiators, and 
the pipes extend not only to the new Lecture Theatre but also 
to the working room 39 feet by 26 feet. 
Your Council have during the past year gone carefully over 
the Fire Insurance of the various buildings and contents and 
considerably increased the amount. 
Owing to the building operations, affecting not only the new 
Lecture Theatre, but also the basement of the Museum and 
Central Hall, it has not been possible to hold the usual Lecture 
Programme, but it is hoped that the new Theatre will be 
finished in time to allow of one or two Lectures, being given 
this Spring. 
The financial statement shews an excess of expenditure over 
income of T48 9s. Sd., but considering that no less than Y236 
has been spent in additions and repairs, including new lavatories 
and heating apparatus, and that the balance in the hands of 
the Treasurer still amounts to Y179, your Council feels that 
the members have no grounds for complaint. 
Your Council recommend Messrs. C. K. Hitchcock, Harvey 
Brooke, Cecil Cobb and J. N. Pitching as new Members ol 
Council in the place of those retiring by rotation. 
The Society has lost 12 Members and 4 Lady Subscribers by 
death, and 25 Members, 6 Lady Subscribers and 2 Associates by 
resignation during the past year. The number ol new Members 
who have been.elected during the same period is as follows : 
New Members, 37, Lady Subscribers, n, Associates, 4; shewing 
a small increase in Ladv Subscribers and Associates. 
