From this Table it appears that at the former date the total number of members of all classes was 525, as against 1,339 at the 30th of November last, showing an actual increase of 814, which is equal to 155 05 per cent. The annual increase per cent. during the past six years has been 1 61, 5 84, 4.00, 5·29, 9.86, and 11.30 respectively. The following Table has been compiled in order to show the proportionate number of members of all classes, at the dates referred to, the total number at each period being represented by unity:— It will thus be seen that the Honorary Members have been relatively diminished from 6 6 to 1.5 per cent., and the Graduates from 12 9 to only 0.5 per cent.; while the number of Members has been increased from 34-5 to 40-4 per cent., and of Associates from 45.9 to 57.6 per cent. Or, in other words, taking the Honorary Members and the Graduates together, at the first date referred to they amounted to nearly one-fifth of the whole number of members, whereas at the present time they only constitute the one-fiftieth part of that number. Nearly one-half of the Members and Associates are resident in London and its vicinity, one-third in other parts of the United Kingdom, and the remainder in British possessions abroad, and in foreign countries. The following Associates, having tendered their resignation, have been permitted to withdraw from the Institution: Tom Abercrombie Hedley, Jasper Wilson Johns, and George Plucknett. The deceases announced during the year have been:-The Rev. William Whewell, D.D., Honorary Member; Benjamin Hall Blyth, Robert Daglish, John Dinnen, Modeste Gallez, Simon Goodrich, William Gravatt, General Sir Harry David Jones, Charles Marie Adolphe Nepveu, George Rennie, Alan Stevenson, and Nicholas Wood, Members; John Ashbury, Henry Potter Burt, David Cogan, William Robson Coulthard, James Forbes, Captain Francis Fowke, R.E., William Fisher Hobbs, Arthur James, Edmund Pemell, William Stubbs, Charles Wye Williams, and Colonel Paul Wynch Willis, Associates. Biographical notices of some of those whose loss the Institution has thus to deplore will be found in an Appendix to this Volume. The deaths during the twelve months have been at the rate of nearly 18 in the thousand on the present number of members of all classes. It may also be interesting to note, that the name of Dr. Whewell, Honorary Member, had been borne on the books for twenty-nine years; that the eleven deceased Members had belonged to the Institution for periods varying from forty years to six years, the average being upwards of twenty-six years; while of the twelve deceased Associates one had been elected thirty-one years, and another only last year, the average of the whole number being twelve years and a half. An analysis of the statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year ending the 30th of November, 1866, as certified by the Auditors, after examining and comparing the Vouchers and the Cash-book, shows that there has been received The balance in the hands of the Treasurer is less than it was at Together £7,254 18 5 £953 5 1 2 9 1 £955 14 2 making up the excess of expenditure over receipts as shown by the previous summary. The unexpended dividends on the Telford and the Miller Trusts have been invested in Three per Cent. Reduced Consols, and the other sums in Four per Cent. Debenture Stocks of the Great Northern, the North Eastern, and the London and North Western Railway Companies. There is due to the printer and to the lithographer, for the arrears of publications issued this year, a sum of nearly £2,000. Arrangements will be made to pay off this amount during the Session 1866-67, as well as to meet the current charges, so that the accounts for the financial year 1867-68 may comprise only those proper to the year. Had these liabilities been incurred earlier in the last Session, this desirable result might have been attained twelve months earlier, instead of making the investments before named. as against £24,983. 18. 6d. at the date of the last Report. The amount of subscriptions, still remaining due, on the 30th of November, from members of all classes (exclusive of those who are more than three years in arrear, including the current year), is:For 1866. From members of all classes residing abroad Ditto, in the United Kingdom For 1865. From members of all classes residing abroad. Ditto, in the United Kingdom For 1864. From members of all classes residing abroad Ditto, in the United Kingdom. Total. £. 8. d. £. 8. d. 41 9 6 236 15 278 5 0 22 7 6 106 7 6 2 12 6 40 8 6 43 1 0 £427 13 6 In the preparation of the Balloting List, the regular practice has been followed; and in accordance with the Bye-laws, it will be found to contain the names of seventeen Members and of four Associates. In compliance with a Resolution passed at the last Annual General Meeting, the attendances of the Members of Council in Council and at the Ordinary General Meetings, during the Session 1865-66, have been prefixed to the names of those Members who served on the Council during the last twelve months. Impressed with the responsibility of the task confided to them at the last Annual General Meeting, the Council have willingly devoted much time and attention to the conduct of the affairs of the Institution. With increased numbers and extended influence, so does it become more and more essential that the Institution, representing a profession the members of which are ever advancing, should not rest satisfied with what has already been accomplished, but that all should zealously endeavour to carry out the work so well commenced by the founders. The Council venture to think their Report will prove, that the progress of the Institution during the past session has been in every respect satisfactory. |