ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MARCH 29th, 1899. Professor DEWAIL, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. Dr. A. Voelcker and Mr. W. P. Bloxam were appointed Scrutators, and a ballot was opened for the election of Officers and Council for the ensuing year, the ballot being closed at the conclusion of the President’s address. The PRESIDENT, in beginning his address, said that the past two years had been marked by change in the ranks of the active officers of the Society. Last year, Professor Thomson, who had been an Honorary Secretary since March, 1883, resigned ofice. His services to the Society had been beyond praise, not only from the amount of work actually done, of forethought and care expended, but also from the personal influence which enabled him to discharge the often delicate duties of his office without wounding the susceptibilities of those with whom he had to deal.Dr. Wynne, who became Junior Secretary last year, had now resigned the post to take up the arduous duties of Editor of the Society’s Journal. Dr. Thorpe, who had been honorary Treasurer since 1889, vacated the office that day, the eminent services which he has rendered, not only t o Chemical Science, but to the Society, recommending him to the Council for the highest honour the Society had to bestow. Dr. Tilden, who had served the Society twice as Vice-president, would succeed him as Treasurer, and Dr. Scott had been nominated to succeed Dr. Wynne as Secretary. The names of these gentlemen were familiar to the Society as those of persons in every way qualified to discharge the duties of their respective offices.The Treasurer, as he might still for some minutes call him, would no doubt render them an account of his stewardship, but the duty was incumbent upon him of expressing their deep sense of the debt of gratitude owed him by the Society. During 10 years of office, despite the magnificent undertakings of which Dr. Thorpe had been 4 1 21168 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. the mainstay, the investments of the Society had increased by one- half, and its income had risen from $4150 to 55286, while, largely owing to his vigilant care, the tendency to an increased expenditure had been kept down to normal proportions. During his term of office he had had to provide the funds for some very considerable undertakings, chief amongst which were the alterations effected in the meeting room and the introduction of the electric light in 1892, the Society’s Jubilee in 1891, and the drawing up of General Indexes to the Society’s Journal and the Abstracts from 1873 to 1892.On the completion of this latter piece of work, which Dr. Thorpe would announce to the meeting, it seemed a fitting time to acknowledge the service which the publication of these volumes has rendered to every one interested in the science. They had been issued gratuitously to all Fellows who had received the Journal during the period they cover, provided that application was made for them before December, 1895. Though the initiative in this issue had been taken by our illustrious colleague, the main burden of the preparation of the Index had fallen on a lady, Mrs.Dougal, who edited the two volumes with zeal, energy, and intelligence. He (the President) would wish to bear testimony to her self-sacrificing devotion to this task, which had occupied upwards of five years. It had proved to be one of uncommon and unexpected difficulty. The annual indexing was found to have been done in an irregular and unsystematic may in the past, and much of the work which was under- stood to be ready to her hand had to be done over again. She had, both directly and indirectly, done the Society a great service-directly, by the compilation which she had executed, and indirectly, by leaving an example of thoroughness and accuracy to her successors. He had also to tender their thanks to the ladies who assisted her, and to Miss Neale, who had taken her place for a short time.The thanks of the Society were also due to the Index Committee, and more especially to Dr, Forster Morley, whose unwearied assistance and experience did much to solve the problems which were daily met with in the progress of the work. The yearly indexes to the Journals had of late shown a tendency to expansion. With a view to making them of more service, a staff of Indexers, having a special knowledge of the various departments they undertook, had been engaged. During the past year the Society was privileged to offer to six of its Past-Presidents its congratulations, and those of the whole Scientific world, on the occasion of their completing fifty years’ Fellowship of the Society. The Banquet at which they were entertained would long live in their memory.To quote the words of Friedel, “No finer phalanx of the Fathers of our Science exists in any country.” - TheANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 1169 occasion was too recent for him t o add anything to the sentiments then expressed. The event, however, was not without a melancholy side. As originally proposed, the foremost of this phalanx would have been their senior Past-President, the last sixrviving Founder of the Society. He would not speak here at length of the services Lord Playfair had rendered to Science, but fifty years’ active work in the service of the Society required a more special mention. H e became a Member of the Council in 1846, in 1850 be was elected a Vice- President, in 1857 he became President of the Society in succession to Professor Miller, and from 1859, for forty years, he remained Vice- President of the Society to which his experience and influence rendered signal service.His last appearance amongst them had been to propose him (Prof. Dewar) as President. During the past two years, the Society had lost by death thirty-six of its Fellows. Lord Playfair was the last survivor of the seventy- seven original members of our Society. I n Mr. J. W. Rodger, the Society lost one of the most promising of the younger men of science and a Member of its Council. Sir Thomas Dyke Aclnnd had been a Fellow of the Society for over forty years, and though he had never taken an active part in the affairs of the Society, he had rendered great services to our Science in its connection with Agriculture.Sir Douglas Galton, whose recent loss they had to deplore, had been a Fellow of the Society for n quarter of a century. Mr. Newlands, whose ‘‘ Lam of octaves ” has taken an imperishable place in the history of Science, was in his fortieth year of membership, and had also served the Society as a Member of Council. His portrait now occupied a place on their walls. Mr. Groves, who had been connected with the Journal since 1878, first as Sub-Editor, and, in 1884, as Editor in succession to Mr. Watts, resigned office that day. Only those who have been connected with similar publications could measure the full extent of the Society’s indebtedness to him, but they could all join the Council in expressing their deep sense of, and thanks for, the important services he had rendered to the Society during those twenty-one years.They could only express the hope that his work for the Society and for Science might be continued for many years to come. Mr. Greenaway, who had for so many years occupied the important office of Sub-Editor, and worked so harmoniously with Mr. Groves, had elected to remain in t h a t position. Dr. Wynne had succeeded Mr. Groves in the editorial chair and could be trusted to preserve that high level of excellence to which the Society’s Journal had attained. The number o€ papers read before the Society during the past two years was 274, of which 216 had since been published in full in the1170 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Society’s Transactione, the remaining papers being preliminary notices of a more or less temporary character. The Meetings of the Society had been well attended, and the discussions fruitful of interest, but he could desire, in the best interests of the Society, that a larger proportion of the senior Members could find it possible to be present. During the past two years considerable attention had been given by the Council to the question of a suggested revision of the Bye-Laws.It has been found that no important modification can be made in these without the grant of a new Charter, and it is thought that i t is hardly worth while to introduce mere verbal changes which might, perhaps, make the meaning of the Bye-Laws more clear, but which, the Council is legally advised, are unnecessary in view of the established practice of the Society.The next matter of importance which would engage the attention of the Society would probably be the issue of a new catalogue to the Society’s Library. Originally founded in 1850, it then consisted of about 270 volumes of journals, 60 miscellaneous volumes, and 100 pamphlets. Its first catalogue was issued in 1851, a second catalogue was prepared by Mr. Watts and issued early in 1861, a third cata- logue, now grown from 28 to 112 pages, was issued in 1869, and a fourth, of 138 pages, in 18’74. I n 1856, a new catalogue, arranged according to subject matter was drawn up by Rlr. Warington from Mr. Watts’ notes, and issued to the Society, It extends to 327 pages, and has an Author-index drawn up by Professor McLeoQ. The catalogue of 1886 contains entries of 5680 volumes of journals, 4223 books, and 1380 pamphlets. Since that time there have been added 3279 volumes of journals, 1361 books, and over 1600 pamphlets.The preparation and issue of this important work would necessarily involve some considerable time and expense to the Society. . One of the great needs of scientific workers is a ready means of acquainting themselves with the bearing and results of general scientific work. The publication of Abstracts of particular branches of science is, generally speaking, nearly complete, but there is great overlapping and waste of energy. The suggestion has been made that some change analogous to that recently carried out by the German Chemical Society should be made in the publication of our own Ab- stracts. All such proposals will have the fullest consideration of the Council, but i t is clear that it would be unwise to ignore the grave consequences to the financial position of the Society which might re- sult from any too precipitate change in the method of publication of the Abstracts.Without entering more fully on this question, he mightANSUAL GENERAL MEETING, 1171 remark that there was still room for co-operation in this matter be- tween the societies of this country. They had been asked to co-operate with the American and the German Cheniical Society in bringing about an International agree- ment upon the subject of Atomic Weights, The Council has appointed a Committee to consider the matter. I n the meantime, they had had the opportunity of co-operating in the movements designed to honour the memory of two illustrions chemists, Kekuld and Davy ; the former by joining in the International Memo- rial to his memory, the latter by contributing, in conjunction with the Royal Institution and the Royal Society, to a fund designed to restore and preserve the memorial raised over his grave.The remainder of the address mas of a general and theoretical nature, dealing with recent advances in Chemical research, principally in connection with low temperatures. The numerical strength of the Society was as follows :- Number of Fellows, March 31st, 1898 .................. 2140 ,, since elected ........................ 138 9 9 ,, reinstated by Council ............... 3 9 9 2275 Removed on account of non-payment of two Withdrawn ...................................... 12 Deaths ............................................. 18 45 Number of Fellows, March 31st, 1899 ..................2230 Foreign Members .................................. :. ......... 38 annual subscriptions ........................... 15 - -- The names of those removed were:-E. S. Cameron; F. E. J. Cridland; F. W. S. Glenfield; E. Hawkins; L. W. Hawkins; A. J. Heath ; W. Hesketh ; H. Heywood ; J. Hulme ; F. Ibbotson; J. E. .W. McFall; B. E. Smith ; J. H. Starling ; F. H. Wigham. The following have withdrawn :-Bennett F. Davenport ; Henry Winram Dickinson ; Arnold Eiloart ; K. S. Engineer ; C. H. Reiss- man; A, G. Scorer; Bomanji Sorabji; Walter J. Sykes; William Gilchrist White ; John Williams ; W. N. Wilson ; B.Winstone. The follo.rving have died :-Sir T. J. Dyke Acland ; W. R. Burnett ; Michael Conroy ; E. Eider Cook ; Rsmchandra Dutts ; George Foord ; Sir Douglas Galton ; Jeremiah Head ; J. G. Heywood ; W. L. Hiepe ; Charles Lowe; J. A. R. Newlands; Eugen Obach; Lord Playfair; Manning Prentice ; H. W. Seely ; Matthew Smith ; Samuel Spencer. The number of communications made to the Society during the year was 150.1172 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. One hundred and two papers were priblished in the Transactions for 1898, occupying 1047 pages, whereas in the preceding year 114 papers were published, occupying 1204 pages. The following were the statistics relating to the Abstracts. PART I. Pages. Organic Chemistry ................................. 720 PART 11. General and Physical Chemistry ............... Inorganic Chemistry ..............................Mineralogical Chemistry ........................ Physiological Chemistry.. ......................... Chemistry of Vegetable Physiology and Agri- culture ............................................. Analytical Chemistry.. ............................ 660 Total in Parts I. and IT. ..................... 1380 - No. of Abstracts. 1187 344 284 171 165 159 516 1639 - 2826 Seven hundred and twenty-seven volumes had been borrowed from the Library. The additions comprised 67 books, 285 volumes of periodicals, and 24 pamphlets. Dr. GLADSTONE, F.R.S., proposed a vote of thanks t o the President, coupled with the request that he would allow his address to be printed in the Transactions. Dr.ARMSTRONQ, F.R.S., seconded the motion, which mas carried by acclamation. The PRESIDENT having returned thanks, Dr. TRORPE, F.R.S., the Treasurer, in giving an account of the Balance Sheet which he laid before the Society, duly audited, said :- The receipts had been :-By admission fees and subscriptions, bE.4064; by sale of Journal and advertisements, bE.740 158. ; and by dividends on invested capital, $428 2s. Id. The expenses had been : -On account of the Journal, $3007 98. 10d.; on account of the Proceedings, bE.257 6s. 10d.; on account of the General Index, 2793 16s. 7d.; on account of the Library, &294 19s. l l d . ; House expenses, bE.238 2s. 7d. ; the total expenditure being $5415 68. 8d. Grants amounting to 2245 had been made to Fellows from the Re- search Fund during the year, and a sum of $1316 1s.had been invested in the purchase of El400 India 2& per cent. Stock.ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINQ. 1173 On laying down his office a8 Treasurer, to which he was elected in 1889, Dr Thorpo hoped that; it might not be uninteresting to the Fellows if he gave a brief account of the financial progress of the Society during the ten years of his stewardship. In 1889, the total asseta of the Society, excluding the Hesearch Fund, were $12,221 ; in 1899 they are $17,289. The total assets of the Research Fund in 1889 were $5464; in 1899 they are 2,7618. The aggregate total assets are now $24,907, as against $17,686 in 1889. I n 1889, the total receipts from Fellowse were $3402 ; in 1899 they are &4064, or an increase of 194 per cent.The annual income from the sale of the Society’s publications in 1889 amounted to $365 ; this year, including an outstanding item on account of advertisements, it is &760, or an increase of 108 per cent. This is due partly to the increased circulation of the Journal and partly to the increased price which can be obtained for it. The advertisements now bring in an income equivalent to about 32000 of funded property. The total income of the Society from all sources in 1889 including the balances at the Bank was 2,5824; at the close of the present financial year it has amounted to 2,7180. I t will be seen, therefore, that whilst the receipts from the Fellows have increased by 19; per cent., the income of the Society has increased by 23.3 per cent., and the total assets, some of which may be counted upon to still further increase the annual income, have increased by 40.8 per cent. But if it may be said of Societies, as of individuals, that their riches consist, not in the abundance of their possessions, but in the fewness of their wants, it is the experience of the Treasurer that the Chemi- cal Society is by no means a rich corporation, for its wants advance, almost pari pussu, with its possessions.His successor would find that, however ingenious he may be in securing money, the Society, with equal or with even greater ingenuity, will find a method of relieving him of it. H e regretted to find that he had-he hastened to add, by direction of the Council-signed’cheques for a greater amount than any one of his predecessors.During the ten years he had been in office he had disbursed nearly 345,000 of the Society’s money. I n ex- planation of this, he might point out that the annual cost to the Society of its publications has steadily increased since 1889. I n that year, the expenses connected with its publications came to 22565; this year, in spite of a considerable saving in the printer’s bills, and in spite of the draconian methods of the Publication Com-1174 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. mittee, its publications, excluding the Collective Index, have cost 33370. In 1889, g196 was spent in books, periodicals, and binding ; this year, which has been somewhat below the average of the preceding years, the amount has been 2,246. The House expenses in 1889 came to &184 ; this year they are $238.The total expenditure in 1889 was $3430; this year i t has been 35415. As regrrrds these disbursements, he might be pardoned, perhaps, for pointing out that none of his predecessors had been called upon to spend so large an amount of the Society’s money in what might be termed extraordinary expenditure. To begin with, his immediate predecessor handed him over-and it was his only legacy-certain applications for increase of salary on the part of the Editorial staff, and he was good enough to urge that he should deal with them liberally, The liberality has resulted in a difference of El000 to the Society. I n 1891, the Society celebrated its Jubilee at a cost, notwithstanding the generous assistance of the Goldsmiths’ Company, of about $450.I n the following year, the alteration of the Meeting Room and the in- stallation of the electric light was taken in hand, a t a cost of $1490. Shortly afterwards, the Society was called upon to provide for the declining years of an old and faithful servant. There was no circum- stanee connected with his official career as the Treasurer of the Society which he recalled with greater pleasure than its action in regard t o Mr. Josiah Hall’s pension. I n the early part of 1894, the Society determined to print a Collective Index of its publications from 1873 t o 1892. This has proved to be even a more formidable undertaking than was expected. It has occupied nearly five years in execution, and has cost some &1’740. It is now happily completed, and the Society may con- gratulate itself upon possessing an adequate key to the great store of chemical knowledge which it has acc~umulated during twenty years.The revision of the Annual Indexes necessitated by this great work has shown the absolute need €or their more systematic preparation. This has led to the establishment of a special staff of indexers, a t an annual cost to the Society of upwards of EGO. Another item of expenditure which had arisen during his tenure of office is connected with the lectures which are given in memory of the deceased Foreign Members. The Society has now a collection of eight of these Memorial Lectures, all of which have been given gratuitously by The expenses on account of the Library also steadily increase,ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.1175 Fellows or friends on the invitation of the Council. Their publication has cost about $400. These lectures together constitute a most valuable record of contemporary chemical history, and it is hoped that, as the Council have directed, they may be issued in a separate volume, with the accompanying illustrations, before the end of the next financial year. In their donations to funds connected with the illustrious names of Lavoisier, Davy, Ststs, Kekul6, Cannizzaro, the Fellows have not been unmindful of their obligations to these great pioneers in chemical enquiry, nor have they been forgetful, as the gathering of last November showed, of their obligations to the pioneers in their own Society happily still amongst us. The Account books of the Society show that what he had called the extraordinary expenditure which has been incurred during the last ten years is close upon &7000.H e thought, however, they Fvould all feel that, in the enhanced position of their Society, in the greater comfort and convenience of their Meeting Room, in the improvement and increased value of their publications, they had had an abundant return for this expenditnre. Although but for it he might have been able to add a few more thousand pounds to their capital account, he hoped the Fellows would not hold him responsible for this omission, but look with a lenient eye upon the financial transgressions of what he sometimes felt himself to have been-a too compliant purse-bearer. Mr. DAVID HOWARD proposed that the thanks of the Fellows be tendered to the Treasurer for his services during the past year; this motion was seconded by Mr.F. J. RI. PAGE, and carried. The TREASURER, in responding, proposed a vote of thanks to the auditors. Prof. HODGKINSON seconded the motion, which mas unanimously adopted, and acknowledged by Prof. TILDEN on behalf of Dr. HORACE BROWN. Dr. A. VOELCKER proposed a vote of thanks to the Officers and Council. Mr, H. B. BAKER seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Prof. DUNSTAN, F.R.S., responded on behalf of the Council, Prof. THOMSON, F.R.S., proposed a vote of thanks to the Editor, dub-Editor, Abstractors, and Indexers, which was seconded by Dr. MESSEL and carried. Mr. GROVES, F.R.S., responded. The Scrutators having presented their report to the President, he declared that the following had been duly elected :-1176 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.President : T. E. Thorpe, Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. Vice-Presidents who havejlled the o&Ce of President : Sir F. A. Abel, Bart., K.C..B., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; H. E. Armstrong, Ph.D., LL.I)., F.R.S.; A. Crum Brown, L).Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. ; Sir W. Crookes, F.K.S. ; James Dewar, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.; Sir E. Frankland, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Sir J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S. ; J. H. Gladstone, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.; A. Vernon Harcourt, M.A., D.C.L., P.R.S.; H. Muller, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.; W. Odling, M.B., F.R.S.; W. H. Perkin, LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. ; Sir H. E. Roscoe, LL.D., F. R.S. ; W. J. Rumell, Ph.D., V.P.R.S. j A. W. Williamson, LL.D., F.R.S. Vice-presidents : C . E. Groves, F.R.S.; G. D. Liveing, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. ; T. Purdie, Ph.D., F.R.S. ; William Ramsay, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S. ; J. Emerson Reynolds, IKD., D.Sc., F.K.S. ; John M. Thorn- son, F.R.S. D.Sc., F.R.S. Xecreturies : Wyndham R. Dunstan, M.A., F.R.S. ; A. Scott, M A . , Foreign Secretcwy : Raphael Meldola, F.R.S. Treamrer : William A. Tilden, D.Sc., F.K.S. Other Nembem of Council : H. Brereton Baker, M.A. ; E. J. Bevan ; Frank Ciowes, D.Sc. ; H. J. H. Fenton, M.A. ; W. Gowland ; C. T. Heycock, M.A., F.R.S. ; D. Howard ; Rudolph Messel, Ph.D. ; G. T. Moody, D.Sc. ; H. Forster Morley, M.A., D.8c. ; Arthur Smithells, B.Sc. ; James Walker, D.Sc.THE TREASURER OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY IN ACCOUNT WITH THE RESEARCH FUND. DR. FROM MARCH 2 5 ~ ~ , 1898, TO MARCH 2 5 ~ ~ ~ 1899.CR. 1898. € s. d. f s. d. Mar. 25. Balance at Bank, March 25,1898 135 2 11 Year’s Dividends on f4,400 Metropolitan Board of Works 34 per cent. Stock ............... 148 17 4 Year’s Dividends on 21,000 North British Railway 4 per cent. No. 1 Preferencestock 38 13 4 Year’s Dividends on 21,034 Great Western Railway 23 per cent. Debenture Stock ......... 24 19 9 212 10 5 Repayment of Uuexpended Grant Repayment of Income Tax . . . . . . 1899. Assets. Mar. 25. Balance a t Rank ..................... 118 3 5 34percent. Stock ....., ......... 5,150 0 0 cent. No. 1 Preference Stock 1,400 0 0 cent. Debenture Stock .. ....... 950 0 0 Metropolitan Board of Works North British Railway 4 per Great Western Railway 24 per 8 3 7 7 6 6 €7,618 3 5 - €363 3 5 1898. June 20.Dec. 20. 1899. Mar. 25. & 8 . d. t s. d. Grants to Dr. F. D. Chattawav ...... 10 0 0 W. J. Elliott ... ... ... ...... Dr. A. Lapworth ......... Dr. F. E. Matthews ...... Dr. J. McCrac ............... R. S. Morrell and J. M. Crofts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. E. P. l’erman ......... A. G. Perkin, and J. J. Hummel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. J. Pope ...... ...... ._.... J. Wade ..................... Dr. J. W. Walker ......... Dr. W. A. Bone and Dr. J. J. SnJborough ...... Dr. -4. W. Crossley and H. R. Le Sueur ...... ... W. 8. Davidson ............ F. W. Dooteon ............ Dr. John Harger ......... D. S. Jerdan ............... Dr. A. Lapworth ......... Prof. Meldola ... ... . - .. . ... W. J. Pope .................. Dr. J. J. Sudborough ......Prof, James Walker . . . ~. . Balance a t Bank ... .. . . .. . .. ... . .. ,.. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 105 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10. 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 140 0 0 118 3 5 €363 S 5 -- Audited with vouchers WILLIAM A. TILDEN (for Horace T. Brown). R. J. FRISWELL. 26th March, 1899. ARTHUR W. CROSBLEY. and found correct.1178 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, THE TREASURER IN ACCOUNT WITH THE CHEMICAL DR. s 8. cl. s 8 . a. Balenee a t Bank, Bfarch 25th, 1698 ................................................................. 1,093 5 11 ,, inhandsofTrcasurer ........................................................................ 0 4 0 - 1,093 ‘9 11 Transferred from Deposit Account ...........................................................800 0 0 Receipts by Life Coiiipositions Admission Fees and Subscriptions March 25th, 1698, to Msrch’25th, 1699 :- 1 Subscription for 1193 a t €2 ........................................................ 1 IS94 r , 6 2 ....................................................... 2 Subscr$tions :: 1895 ,, 6 2 ........................................................ 1 Subscription 1696 ,, $2 ........................................................ 38 Subscriptions :: 1697 ,, €2 ........................................................ 472 9 , 9 , 169s 9, €2 ........................................................ 3 ,, ), 3 , ,) €1 ........................................................ 1111 9 , 1 9 IS99 ,, €2 ....................................................... 13 ,, 3, 1, 9) €1 ........................................................ $, Proceedings ....................................................................................... 11 is o ), General Index : To the Public .............................................................. 22 10 o To Fellows........................... ........................... 7 1 0 0 P&keds oihverkernents in Journal ........................................................... 43 14 o Subscription from the Society of Chemical Industry to June, IS98 ..................... 3 9 0 3 . ,, ., Public Annlysts to Jnnnary lst, 1S39 ............... 10 10 0 3 , ,, Physical Society to January lst, 1699 .............................. 20 9 6 -- 4 0 8 F ............................................................................. 14 1 3 Repayment of Income Tax Year’s Dividends on &6,730 Metropolitan Board of Works 3) per cent.Stcock ...... 9 s P) &,ooO Consols ................................................................... 106 6 g Y 9 9, d X , O N London and North-Western Railway Debenture Stock 30 9 0 IntgktonE!kk Deposit .............................................................................. 10 10 J Life Compositions--5 a t 830 ; 1 at €20; 2 a t &I5 ; 4 a t €12; 2 a t El0 ......... 268 0 0 132 Admission Fees ................................................................................. 528 0 0 - 4,064 0 0 M e of Journals ............................................................................................ 655 3 O - 740 15 0 227 14 0 &1,520 148.3d. Cardiff Corporrction Stock ........................... 44 2 0 -- 426 2 1 Assets. March 2Xh, IS99. € a. a. Balance at Bank (Current Accomlt) ........................ 449 S 4 (on Deposit) ................................. 500 0 0 ” in’iands of Treasurer ................................. o 1 3 Me&politanRoardof Works 3) percent. Mtock ......... 7,S75 0 0 2# per cent. Consols ................................................ 4,420 0 0 London and North-Western Railway Debenture Stock 1,150 0 0 Cardiff Corporation 3 per cent. Stock ........................ 1,575 0 0 India 24 per cent. Stock ........................................... 1,320 0 0 €17,289 (3 7 ~- \ \. S7,160 17 3ANNUAL UENERAL MEETING . 1179 SOCIETY.FBOM MARCH 2 5 ~ ~ . 1898. TO MARCH 2 5 ~ ~ . 1899 . CR. Expenses on Account ql' the Journal and Proceedings . 8 .. d . 8 8. d . Salary of Editor ............................................................................................. 250 0 0 Sub-Editor ....................................................................................... 500 0 0 :: Sub-Editor's Assistant .................................................................... 10 1 0 0 Editorial Posbges .......................................................................................... 8 1 1 3 Printing Wrappers ......................................................................................... 84 1 4 0 Distribution of Journal by Printers .................................................................. 330 1 6 ..Society .................................................................. 10 9 7 Autho&;l' Copies ................................................................................................ 67 7 0 Indexers' Fees (1898 Index) .............................................................................. Foolscap for Indexers .................................................................................... Abstractors' Fees ............................................................................................. 380 4 1 Peri&icals for Abstractors .............................................................................. 10 4 0 Printing OfJourml .......................................................................................... 1.631 3 7 62 1 4 8 I 1 0 0 -- 3. 007 !) 10 Printing of Proceedings .................................................................................... Distribution of Proceedings .............................................................................. publishers' Comniission .................................................................................... 6% 1 9 0 Advertising Agents' Commission ..................................................................... 6 1 1 1 205 1 2 2 7Y 1 4 8 .-- Expmses on Accownt of the Genemi! 1ndc.c . salaries ....................................................................................................... 154 1 8 0 Petty expenses ............................................................................................... 2 Iti 3 Printing of Index, 1883-92 (Balance of Account) .................................................. ., ,, 1873-82 .............................................................................. 300 2 0 33.5 1 0 7 -- Expemcs o n Account of the Library . Salary of Library Assistant ............................................................................ 4s 1 2 6 Books and Periodicals .................................................................................... 1SG 5 3 Binding ......................................................................................................... 60 2 3 Salary of Assistant Secretary ............................................................................ Mircellsneoor Printing .................................................................................... .- Pension to Mr .Hall printing List of Fellows ................................................................................. Stationery .................................................................................................... Legal Charges ................................................................ Portraits of Mr . Harcoart and the late Mr . Newlands ....................................... ....................................................................................... Grants to Kekulk Mexnoriai Fund 8 2 5 . to Davy Moiiument Fuiid. e20 ............... Expenses on Account of Dinne; to Past Presidents 011 November 11th .1S9S: MetropBle Account. 846 l o 8 . ; Souvenir. 820 0s . 6d . ; Printing. &33 178 . Id . ; Postage, S14 61 . 5d ................................................................................. House Expenses . Proriding Refrerhments .................................................................................... Cleaning .................................................................... Repairs ........................................................................................................... Petty House Expeuses ................................................................................... House Porbr's Wages .................................................................................... Uniform .................................................................................. Contribution to Fund for Widow of late Gate Porter .......................................... Inhabited House Duty ................................................................................... Bank Charges on Country and Foreign Drafts ................................................... Treasurer's Petty Cash Disbursements .............................................................. .. Assistant ....................................................................................... Postage Account: Office Postages. $9 6s . 2d . ; Posltil Cards and Stainped Envelopes (Clay). 818 15s . ; Eriibossed Shiuips. f 12 10s ............................... Secretarial Postages ...................................................................................... Purchase of $1. 400 India 24 per cent . Stock ...................................................... Balance a t Bank ......................................................................................... ,. in hands of Trearurer ....................................................................... Lighting the Building .......... ........( Gas. A20 178 . l l d . ; Electric Light. 624 98 . 6d.) Heating the Building (Coals) ....................................... Fire Inrurance Preniium (7 years) ............................... ........................... A n n h Fe); to Gate Porter .............................................................................. 2S7 G 10 75 10 1 16 7 291 10 11 164 3 4 130 d 0 t16 10 2 4 3 3 0 17 14 1 4 7 0 4 5 0 0 4,5 4 0 123 16 0 1 5 3 4 4 5 7 5 12 15 F 10 0 0 2 6 1 5 30 0 0 16 1911 G 5 0 0 6 6 6 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 6 3 238 2 7 0 4 4 0 2 9 1 0 0 0 40 11 2 1 5 0 449 6 4 0 1 3 1. 316 1 0 i 7 . 1bO 17 3 Audited with voiicliers and found corrert . 25th Yarch. 1899 . WILLIAM A . TILDEN (fur IIOHAL'E T . BHOWX) . I< . J . FHIS\VXLL . ARTHUR 11'. CROSSLEY .