Trust Funds. The Turnor Fund: A sum of £450 23-per-cent. Consols, the interest to be used in the purchase of books for the Library. The Horrox Memorial Fund: A sum of £100 24-per-cent. Consols, the interest to be used in the purchase of books for the Library. The Lee and Janson Fund: A sum of £323 168. 3d. 22-per-cent. Consols, the interest to be given by the Council to the widow or orphan of any deceased Fellow or Associate of the Society who may stand in need of it. Mrs. Jackson Gwilt's Gift: A sum of £300 24-per-cent. Consols, subject to an annuity to the donor, during her life, of £8 19s. per annum. Report of the Auditors. We have examined the Treasurer's accounts for the year 1892, and have found and certified the same to be correct. The cash in hand on December 31, 1892, including the balance at the bankers', &c., amounted to £183 11s. 11d. The funded property of the Society has been increased by the purchase of £437 10s. 1od. New 2-per-cent. stock. The books, instruments, and other effects have been examined, and they appear to be in a satisfactory condition. Some instruments belonging to the Society appear to have been lent for a considerable number of years: we think it desirable that a renewed acknowledgment should in such cases be given for these. We have laid on the table a list of the names of those Fellows who are in arrear for sums due at the last Annual General Meeting, with the amount due against each Fellow's name. (Signed) THOMAS LEWIS, Stock in hand of volumes of the Monthly Notices :— In addition to the above volumes of the Monthly Notices, the Society has a considerable stock of separate numbers of nearly all the volumes. With the exception, however, of Vols. XXXVI. to LII., no complete volumes can be formed from the separate numbers in stock. Instruments belonging to the Society. No. 1. The Harrison clock. No. 4. The Beaufoy transit instrument. 5. The Herschel 7-foot telescope. 6. The Greig universal instrument, by Reichenbach and Ertel. The transit telescope, by Utzschneider and Fraunhofer, of Munich. 7. The Smeaton equatoreal. 8. The Cavendish apparatus. 9. The 7-foot Gregorian telescope (late Mr. Shearman's). 10. The variation transit instrument (late Mr. Shear man's). II. The universal quadrat, by Abraham Sharp. 12. The Fuller theodolite. ,, 13. The standard scale, by Troughton and Simms. ,, 14. The Beaufoy clock, No. 1. ,, 15. The Beaufoy clock, No. 2. ,, 16. The Wollaston telescope. 20. The Baker universal equatoreal. 22. The Matthew equatoreal, by Cooke. ,, 23. The Matthew transit instrument. ,, 24. The South transit instrument. ,, 25. A sextant, by Bird (formerly belonging to Captain Cook). ,, 26. A globe showing the precession of the equinoxes. The Sheepshank's collection :— ,, 27. (1) 30-inch transit instrument, by Simms, with level and two iron stands. 28. (2) 6-inch transit theodolite, with circles divided on silver; reading microscopes, both for altitude and azimuth; cross and siding levels; magnetic needle; plumb-line; portable clamping foot and tripod stand. ,, 29. (3) Equatorial stand and clock movement for 410-inch telescope (telescope lost); double-image micrometer; two wire micrometers; object-glass micrometer. ,, 30. (4) 3-inch achromatic telescope, with equatorial stand; double-image micrometer; one terrestrial and three astronomical eyepieces. ,, 31. (5) 2-inch achromatic telescope, with stand; one terrestrial and three astronomical eyepieces. ,, 33. (7) 2-foot navy telescope. ,, 34. (8) Transit instrument of 45 inches focal length, with iron stand and also Ys for fixing to stone piers; two axis levels. ,, 35. (9) Repeating theodolite, by Ertel, with folding tripod stand. No. 36. (10) 8-inch pillar sextant, by Troughton, divided on platinum, with counterpoise stand and artificial horizon. ,, 37. (11) Portable zenith telescope and stand, 23-inch aperture and 26 inches focal length; 10-inch horizontal circle and 8-inch vertical circle, read to Io' by two verniers to each circle. 38. (12) 18-inch Borda repeating circle, by Troughton, 23-inch aperture and 24 inches focal length; the circles divided on silver, the horizontal circle being read by four verniers, and the vertical circle by three verniers, each to 10". 39. (13) 8-inch vertical repeating circle, with diagonal telescope, by Troughton and Simms; circle divided on silver, reading to 10"; a 5-inch circle at eyeend, reading to single minutes; horizontal circle 9 inches diameter in brass, reading to single minutes. 40. (14) A set of surveying instruments, consisting of a 12-inch theodolite for horizontal angles only, reading to 10"; two sets of adjusting plates; tripod stand with enclosed telescope; heavy stand for theodolite; Y piece of level; two large and three small ground-glass bubbles divided; level collimator, object-glass 1-inch diameter and 16 inches focal length; micrometer eyepiece, comb, and wires; mercury bottle and trough. 41. (15) Level collimator, with object-glass 17-inch diameter and 16 inches focal length; stand, riderlevel, and fittings. 42. (16) 10-inch reflecting circle by Troughton, reading by three verniers to 20"; counterpoise stand; artificial horizon, with mercury; two tripod stands. 43. (17) Hassler's reflecting circle, by Troughton, with counterpoise stand. 44. (18) 6-inch reflecting and repeating circle, by Troughton and Simms, contained in three boxes, two of which form stands. Circle divided on silver, reading to single minutes; two inside arcs divided to single degrees, 150 degrees on each side; artificial horizon and mercury. 45. (19) 5-inch reflecting and repeating circle, by Lenoir, of Paris. 46. (20) Reflecting circle, by Jecker, of Paris, II inches 47. (21) Box sextant; reflecting plane and level. 50. (24) Prismatic compass, by Thomas Jones, mounted |