132 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting in June last: G. Bonney, J. Bran, Yves Delage, S. Ramon y 

 Cajal, B. Renault, J. J. H. Teall, Silvanus P. Thompson, and M. Treub. 



The Council regrets to have to announce the death of Professor 

 Renault, which occurred within four months of his election as an 

 Honorary Fellow. 



The number of Honorary Fellows is now 40. 



The list of Fellows now contains the names of 415 Ordinary, 

 1 Corresponding, 40 Honorary, and 82 Ex-Officio Fellows, beintr a total 

 of 538. 



FINANCE. 



The amount received for Subscriptions during the past year is some- 

 what less* than that in the previous account. This is principally due to 

 the fact that many Fellows have not yet paid their Subscription. 



It is, however, necessary to point out that the number of new Fellows 

 elected during the past few years has not kept pace with the loss by 

 deaths and resignations. 



Fellows are therefore urged to do their best to enlist new members, 

 as it is only by this means that the financial position of the "Society 

 can be maintained satisfactorily. 



During the year a bequest was made to the Society by Mr. E. Dadswell, 

 but the amount not having been yet received, will be included in next 

 year's account. 



The sum of £200 on deposit at the end of last year has been invested 

 during the year, together with the entrance and compounding fees 

 received in 1903. 



JOUKNAL. 



The papers, twelve in number, which are embodied in the Trans- 

 actions have been fully up to the standard of previous years. Two 

 of them were read by the late Professor J. D. Everett, F.R.S., and were 

 probably the last delivered by this distinguished mathematician and 

 physicist. In addition to the foregoing, six short but valuable com- 

 munications are published in the "Notes," a feature introduced by 

 the late Editor, Mr. A. W. Bennett, which, judging from the nature 

 of the articles and their gradual increase in number from year to year, 

 seems to supply a want. 



The Summary of Current Researches relating to Zoology, Botany, 

 Microscopy, and Metallography is continued on the same lines as hereto- 

 fore ; and the Council takes this opportunity of again thanking the 

 Editorial Staff, which has laboured long and unremittingly on behalf of 

 the Society and its Journal. 



LIKRARY. 



During the past year the Library has been maintained in as efficient 

 a manner as the available funds will permit. It has not yet been found 

 possible to undertake a printed catalogue. The want of this desi- 

 deratum is the cause of much inconvenience to Fellows who consult 

 the collection of Books and Journals, and the usefulness of the 

 Library is greatly restricted in consequence. 



