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TABLE 1
Finances and Membership of the LGC, 1885-1901
(£) (£)
G C LGC (£)
Year Membs. Income (£) Subscrips. (£) Lects. Pamphts. SGC
1885 362 865.15.09 790.06.09 360 72 *
1886 796 1226.15.05 1029.00.02 * 551
1887 1060 984.14.10 500
1888 1045 1216.09.05 962.09.00 600 100
1889 1122.12.00 1036.10.00 560 100
1890 1180 1229.09.07 1097.15.00 550 150
1891 + 1370 2037.18.11 2005.00.00 700 150
1892-93 1500 1885.11.11 1410.10.00 725 150
1893-94 1530 800 140
1894-95 1570 800 120
1895-96 1605 800 120
1896-97 1663 800 120
1897-98 1681 800 120
1898-99 1612 800 120
1899-00 1630 800 120
1900-01 1611 800 120
* In the year 1885, the LGC maintained an independent political fund for
financing its own election pamphlets. LGC Executive Committee Minutes,
20 February 1885; 3 March 1893.
The 1886 figure for subscriptions, £1029.00.02, included both fees and
earnings received from badge sales.
+ 1891 actually covered a fifteen month period.
Report for 1901. The figures under the Investment Accounts column for
1900 and 1901 constitute both the monies held in the Capital and Income
Accounts, stockholding concerns. The numbers in the Funds Added to
Investments for the years 1900 and 1901 constitute only receipts
received for the Capital Account.