Annual Report of the Council. 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1903. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 159. During the present session 16 new members have joined 

 the Society; 12 resignations have been received, and the deaths 

 have been 4, viz. : Mr. F. Baden Benger, F.C.S., Mr. R. E. 

 CuNLiFFE, Mr. John Robinson, and Dr. Edward Schunck, 

 F.R.S., whilst 2 members have been removed from the list for 

 non-payment of their subscriptions. This leaves on the roll 

 157 ordinary members. The Society has also lost i honorary 

 member by death, viz. ■ Professor Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 

 Bart., F.R.S., of Cambridge. Memorial notices of these gentle- 

 men appear at the end of this report. 



The Treasurer reports a decided improvement in the 

 finances, due to the general efforts made during the last two 

 years to increase the membership ; but the unusual number 

 of resignations received during the current session, and the 

 needs of the Society still call for sustained exertion in the 

 same direction. 



The Society commenced the session with a total balance of 

 ^164. 15s. od., from all sources, this amount being made 

 up of the following balances : — 



At the credit of General Fund ^^52 17 2 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund ... 92 11 o 



,, „ Joule Memorial Fund 41 11 4 



„ „ Dalton Tomb Fund 31 19 2 



£2iS 18 8 

 Less the amount standing at the debit of 



the Natural History Fund 54 3 ^ 



^^164 15 o 



