A7i7i7ial Report of the Coimcil. xxix 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1911. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 145. During the present session nineteen new members have 

 joined the Society. Thirteen resignations have been received. 

 This will leave on the roll at the end of the session 151 ordinary 

 members. One honorary member also has been elected, viz. : 

 Geh. Professor Dr. Walter Nernst. The Society has lost, 

 by death, three honorary members, viz. : Professor Stanislao 

 Cannizzaro, For.Mem.R.S., Professor J. H. van't Hoff, Ph.D., 

 For.Mem.R.S., and Sir William Huggins, O.M., K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., and one corresponding member, viz., the Rev. Robert 

 Harley, F.R.S. Memorial notices of these gentlemen appear 

 at the end of this report. 



The average attendance at the meetings was 21, the same as 

 for the session 1909-10. 



The Society commenced the session with a balance in hand 

 of ^368. 3s. 4d., from all sources, this amount being made up 

 of the following balances : — 



At the credit of General Fund p^io2 9 9 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 179 9 7/ 

 „ ,, Joule Memorial Fund 86 4 o 



;^368 3 4 



The total balance in hand at the close of the session 

 amounted to ^304. 7s. 8d., and the amounts standing at the 



