First Annual Report
OF THE
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
1863.
The Treasurer submitted the following Balance Sheet, which had been passed by the Auditors.
Balance Sheet of the Anthropological Society for the Year 1863.
| Dr. | £ | s. | d. | Cr. | £ | s. | d. |
Received 183 Annual Subscriptions at £2:2:0 | 384 | 6 | 0 | Paid for printing and lithography | 228 | 5 | 0 |
| Stationery and binding | 23 | 4 | 6 | ||||
A Fellow, on account of subscription | 1 | 0 | 0 | Meetings | 32 | 10 | 6 |
| Attendance | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| One Fellow overpaid | 0 | 0 | 6 | Advertisements | 50 | 11 | 3 |
| Subscriptions in arrear | 63 | 0 | 0 | Postages, messengers, candles, cleaning offices, tin box, and sundry expenses | 56 | 0 | 7 |
| Two life compositions at £21 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Subscriptions to Journals | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Donations:— Mr. Christyxxxxxxxxx£5 0 Mr. J. F. Collingwood 10 10 Mr. S. E. Collingwood 5 5 Mr. J. F. Collingwoodxx—— | 20 | 15 | 0 | Reporting | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| Mr. Blake’s expenses to Newcastle | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Still owing for printing | 155 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Balance in favour of the Society | 64 | 11 | 5 | ||||
For copies of the President’s Inaugural Address | 1 | 19 | 6 | ||||
Average value of printed stock in hand as follows: Longman (Waitz) abt. 100Trübner (Journal) “ 20 Trü"bner(Address) “ 5 Longman(Waitz) abt.—— | 125 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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| £640 | 10 | 0 | £640 | 10 | 0 | ||
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The Council of the Anthropological Society of London have much pleasure in reporting to the Fellows of the Society that they consider the state of the Society to be satisfactory and most encouraging. The past year has been one of great anxiety to the Council, inasmuch as the scheme proposed by the original circular of the Society was so vast, that the Council at first nearly despaired of being able to carry it out in all its particulars. The Council now beg to submit a few remarks on each of the objects for which the Society was founded, and also to add some suggestions for the consideration of the Society.
Meetings. During the past year, i.e. since February 24, thirteen ordinary meetings of the Society have been held, at which twenty-four papers have been read, consisting of the following:—
Dr. James Hunt, President, On the Study of Anthropology.
Captain R. F. Burton, Vice-President, A Day among the Fans.
Professor Raimondi, On the Indian Tribes of Loreto, in North Peru.
R. T. Gore, Esq., On a Case of Microcephaly.