REPORT. 
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the arrangements required to bring them before the eye, to 
the extent desirable in an institution which cannot command 
the constant attendance of a Curator, will amply account to 
the Meeting for the principal item in the expenditure of the 
last year, the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-eight Pounds, 
employed in furnishing the Rooms. The remaining expenses 
may be generally stated to have consisted in Sixty-five Pounds 
laid out in Books and Maps, and about One Hundred Pounds 
in defraying charges which must be expected to be of annual 
recurrence. These disbursements have left, at the end of 
1894, a balance on the books in favour of the Society, to the 
amount of Seventy Pounds, which, added to the Subscriptions 
due for 1825, makes an income of Two Hundred Pounds 
ready to meet the demands of the ensuing year: its finances, 
therefore, considering also the probability of increased 
resources from the accession of new members, must be con¬ 
sidered as in a satisfactory state ; and the Council have 
in consequence thought themselves justified in undertaking 
to advance the sum of Fifty Pounds, to meet a subscription 
which has been raised for the purpose of putting the Society 
in possession of a collection of Ancient Coins, valued at Two 
Hundred Guineas. The liberality thus called into action, 
has made a present to the Society which will at once give 
an interest to this department of the Museum, and which 
there is every reason to hope will have the effect of attracting 
many future contributions. 
The Council have great satisfaction in calling the attention 
of the Meeting to a new source of income, appearing on the 
accounts which are now laid before them. Two courses 
