64 EIGHTH ANNUAL. REPORT. 
The Council however venture to express their opinion that 
no Section should be formed unless there are a certain number of 
well-qualified members who are determined to make it a success, 
and upon whom the younger and less experienced members may 
rely for information and advice. 
MEMBERS. 
The following statement shows the state of the membership 
at the beginning and close of the year, and also the gains and 
losses during that period :— 
Number of| Elected |Resigned or) Number o 
Crass OF MEMBERS. || Members | during the |died during] Members 
Fb, 27,1877| Year. the year. |I'b.26,1878 
2 ° g 
Tetfe oo ves cote eaey veer =c I fo) ° I 
Honorary..........+.+ 13 ° ° 13 
Oxigial Wen. ciceaes ao 83 ° 4 79 
New Ordinaty......... 35 18 Z 50 
Non-resident ......... 20 3 I 22 
TOtals. 5.5.50 152 23 8 167 
One member, Mr. Samuel Scholefield, long an earnest and 
hard-working supporter of the Society, has been removed by 
death, on which occasion resolutions of sympathy were forwarded 
to his family. 
From various reasons 7 members have resigned their connec- 
tion with the Society. 
Acting by virtue of powers conferred upon them by an 
amendment of the Rules, providing for the recognition of high 
scientific attainments or of services rendered to the Society by thé 
election of Honorary Life Members to the extent of not more 
than 40, or not more than three in any one year, the Council have 
elected two members of this class as a recognition of services 
rendered to the Society. 
The Rev. A. W. Dodgshun, who is now with the London 
Missionary Society’s special mission to Lake Tanganyika, was one 
of the founders of this Society in 1870, and for some years 
subsequently participated actively in its work and management. 
