An ABSTRACT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, from the 30th April, 1842, to the 29th April, 1843.

And we further state that during the past year the receipts on account of Subscriptions in arrear have exceeded those on the same account during the year preceding by the sum of £101; but the Treasurer and Secretary have reported to us, that the change in the mode of receiving Subscriptions through Post Office orders, instead of by Local Secretaries, has not hitherto worked so well as was anticipated. Although it has stopped arrears in some places where they did exist, it has created them in others where before they did not, and many valuable Members whose Subscriptions were formerly received, have now fallen into arrear, notwithstanding strong endeavours made to prevent it. We beg to represent to the Members the great importance of an early and regular payment of their Subscriptions, and we would recommend to such of them whose convenience it may suit, to adopt the system of perpetual cheques * upon their bankers, or any other mode which will secure the payment of the small Annual Subscription from being omitted or forgotten.

It having also been reported to us that the Foreign Subscriptions occasion considerable inconvenience, and get into long arrear, we would recommend that it should be considered whether it would not be advisable to direct all Foreign Members, or at any event those hereafter to be admitted, to name some person in London, by whom their Subscriptions will be paid, and to whom their books are to be delivered.

The Treasurer has also suggested to us that it would be advantageous to the Society, that he should be authorized to invest sums paid to him for Compositions, from time to time, when they amount to a sufficient sum to purchase £25 stock, the adoption of which suggestion we beg to recommend. Witness our hands this 29th day of April, 1843.

J. Y. AKERMAN.

P. CUNNINGHAM.

CHAS. FRED. BARNWELL.

*The following form has been adopted by many of the members with great convenience to themselves and advantage to the Society. London,

Messrs.

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Please to pay to the Treasurer of THE CAMBEN SOCIETY, or to the Bearer of his receipt, the sum of One Pound, being my Subscription to the said Society, due on the 1st day of May and continue to pay the same Subscription annually, in like manner, until this order is revoked.

I. THAT the Society shall be entitled "THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, for the Publication of Early Historical and Literary Remains."

II. That the objects of the Society shall be, First, the publication of inedited Manuscripts; Second, the reprinting of Works of sufficient rarity and importance to make Reprints desirable; and Third, the publication of Translations of Historical Works not previously rendered into English.

III. That the Society shall consist of One Thousand Two Hundred Members, being Subscribers of One Pound annually; such Subscription to be paid in advance, on or before the first day of May in every year.

IV. That the management of the affairs of the Society shall be vested in a President and a Council consisting of fifteen Members, which President and Council shall be elected annually by the Society at large, at a General Meeting to be held on the 2nd day of May, being the Anniversary of Camden's birth; or on the Monday following, when the 2nd of May shall happen to fall upon a Sunday.

V. That the President and Council shall, from amongst their own body, elect a Director, who shall act as Chairman of the Council, in the absence of the President, and also a Treasurer, and a Secretary.

VI. That the Accompts of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Society shall be audited annually by three Auditors, to be elected at the General Meetings, and that the Report of the Auditors, with an Abstract of the Accompts, shall be published.

VII. That the names of Members proposed to be elected as President, Council, and Auditors, shall be transmitted by the proposers to the Secretary, one fortnight before the General Meeting, and that notice of the persons so proposed shall be forwarded by the Secretary one week before the General Meeting, to all the Members residing within the limits of the Twopenny Post, and to all other Members who shall, in writing, request to receive the same.

VIII. That no Member shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting whose Subscription is in arrear.

IX. That in every year one-fifth in number of the Council of the year preceding shall be ineligible for re-election; and that in case any Member of the Council shall not attend more than one-third of the number of Meetings of the Council, such Member shall be considered to be one of the retiring Members.

X. That in the absence of the President and Director, the Council at their Meetings shall elect a Chairman, who shall have a casting vote in

case of equality of numbers, and shall also retain his right to vote upon all questions submitted to the Council.

XI. That the Funds of the Society shall be disbursed in payment of necessary expenses incident to the production of the Works of the Society, and that all other expenses shall be avoided as much as possible.

XII. That, after the Members of the Society shall have reached One Thousand Two Hundred, vacancies in that number shall be filled up by the Council, from time to time as they occur.

XIII. That every Member not in arrear of his Annual Subscription, shall be entitled to One Copy of every Work published by the Society during that year.

XIV. That the Members shall be invited to contribute or recommend Works for publication.

XV. That Editors of Works printed by the Society shall be entitled to Twenty Copies of the Works they edit.

XVI. That the Council shall determine what number of copies of each Work shall be printed, and that the copies over and above those required by the Members shall be sold in such manner, and at such prices, as shall be fixed by the Council, the proceeds being carried to the account of the Society.

XVII. That the Publications of the Society shall all form separate and distinct Works, without any other connexion than that which must necessarily exist between the volumes of such Works as consist of several Volumes.

XVIII. That any Member of the Society may at any time compound for his future Annual Subscriptions, by payment of £10 over and above his Subscription for the current year.

XIX. That every Member of the Society who shall intimate to the Council his desire to withdraw from the same, or who shall not pay his Subscription for the current year within three Months after his Election, or after such Subscription shall have become due, shall thereupon cease to be a Member of the Society.

XX. That the Council may appoint Local Secretaries in such places, and with such authorities as to them shall seem expedient; every Local Secretary being a Member of the Society.

XXI. That no alteration shall be made in these Laws, except at a General Meeting, nor then, unless One Month's notice of any alteration intended to be proposed at such Meeting shall have been given in writing to the Secretary.

FOR THE

FIFTH YEAR, ENDING 2ND MAY, 1843.

Those Members to whose names (c.) is prefixed have compounded for their Annual Subscriptions.
The Members whose names are printed in Small Capitals were on the Council of the year.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P. President.

(c.) H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG GOTHA, K.G., F.R.S., F.S.A.
H. R. H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G., F.R.S. F.S.A. [Died April 21, 1843.]
THE MOST REV. AND RIGHT HON. THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
THE RIGHT HON. LORD LYNDHURST, LL.D. F.R.S., LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR,
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON, D.C.L., PRES.R.S., F.S.A.
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, PRES.S.A., F.R.S.