A?miial Report of the Council. xxvni 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1900. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 150. During the j^resent session 9 new members have joined 

 the Society ; 4 resignations have been received, and the deaths 

 have been 2, viz. : Mr. Arthur Greg and Mr. Henry Simon. 

 This leaves on the roll 153 ordinary members. The Society has 

 also lost 6 honorary members by death, viz. : Professor 

 R. W. BuNSEN, For. Mem. R.S. ; Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., 

 F.R.S. : Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., F.R.S. ; Sir E. Frankland, 

 K.C.B.. F.R.S. ; Professor C. Friedel ; and Professor P. Waage; 

 as well as one corresponding member, viz. : Mr. Edward 

 Joseph Lowe, F.R.S. Memorial notices of these gentlemen 

 (except the last) appear at the end of this report. 



The Treasurer commenced the year with a balance in 

 favour of the Society of ^140. OS. i]-!^. (including ;^74. eqs. iid. 

 balance of the Wilde Endowment Fund), and reports that the 

 total balance, exclusive of the amount still owing by the 

 Natural History Fund, but including the Wilde and Joule 

 Funds, at the bankers and in hand, at the close of the year, is 



^^153. IS. 2d. 



The re-cataloguing of the library has been continued during 

 the session, 3,835 volumes having been catalogued, stamped, 

 and pressmarked, 3,573 of these being serials, and 262 separate 

 works. There have been written 1,572 catalogue cards; 1,280 

 for serials, and 292 for separate works. The total number of 

 volumes catalogued to date is 23,854 for which 7,055 cards have 

 been written. All the serial publications contained in the library 

 have now been catalogued, and also the separate works relating 

 to Geology and Palccontology. 



Increasing use is made of the library for reference purposes, 

 but the number of volumes consulted is not recorded. During 



