Report of the Council. 
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For THE YEAR I9QOT. 
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Read at the Annual Meeting, 31st January, 1902. 
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The Council begs to report that 59 new members have 
been elected during the past year, and that, allowing for 
resignations and removals, the number of members now 
stands at 231, consisting of 137 gentlemen and 64 ladies; 
a total increase of 39 members since the last report. 
The Council has to record, with the deepest regret, 
the loss to the Society of one of its first Vice-Presidents, 
Sir Walter Besant, who died on the gth June, 1got. 
The vacancy thus created was filled on November ist, 
by the election of Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, 
D.Sc., F.R.S., as a Vice-President.* 
The accounts of the Society have been duly audited 
for the twelve months ending 31st December, 1901. A 
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure appears on 
page 6. 
It is hoped that those members who are able will 
contribute more than the minimum of five shillings, as 
the work carried on by the Society and the Sections 
entails considerable expenditure. The Treasurer grate- 
fully reports that among the subscriptions of various 
amounts there were: 15 at £1 Is, 2 at £1, 7 at 10/6, 
16 at 10/-, and 6 at 7/6 ; but for which the Society would 
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* On the eve of the Annual Meeting the Council heard with the deepest 
regret of the death of Dr. Edmund Gwynn, a Vice-President, who had been 
closely connected with the work of the Society since its formation. 
