An7iual Report of the Council. xlix 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1902. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 139. During the present session 28 members have joined 

 the Society ; 5 resignations have been received, and the deaths 

 have been 2, viz. : Mr. John Hampden Beckett and Dr. Henry 

 Br.owNE, whilst i member has been removed from the list for 

 non-payment of his subscription. This leaves on the roll 159 

 ordinary members. The Society has also lost 5 honorary 

 members by death, viz : Professor Cato M. Guldberg, 

 of Christiania, Professor H. de Lacaze-Duthiers, of Paris, 

 Professor F. M. Raoult, of Grenoble, Professor H. A. 

 Rowland, of Baltimore, and Professor P. G. Tait, of 

 Edinburgh. Memorial notices of these gentlemen appear at 

 the end of this report. 



The Council is glad to report that, during the session, there 

 has been a marked increase in the number of members 

 admitted, which this year nearly equals the total of the previous 

 four years. The attendance at the meetings has also improved, 

 having reached an aggregate of 367, as compared with 266 last 

 year, whilst the number of papers read before the Society has 

 advanced from 15 last year to 18 in the present session. 



The Treasurer commenced the year with a balance m 

 favour of the Society of ^119. 6s. gd. (including ;^85. is. 8d. 

 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 

 ;^i32. 15s. lod., in addition to jC^i. 19s. 2d. to the credit of 

 the Dalton Tomb Fund. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 745 volumes 

 have been catalogued, stamped and pressmarked, 684 of these 

 being serials, and 61 separate works. There have been written 

 213 catalogue cards, 126 for serials, and 87 for separate works. 



