REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In conformity with the regulations of the Charter, the 

 Council beg to present their Nineteenth Annual Report 

 upon the affairs of the Society, and the principal events 

 which have occurred since the last Anniversary in the 

 various departments of their administration. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Members. 



a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 



At the Monthly General Meeting held on the 2nd of De- 

 cember, 1847, a Bye-law was passed (standing as Chap. IV. 

 sections 1-5) which constituted a new class of Members 

 with a smaller extent of privileges, and exempt from the 

 Entrance Fee, under the name of Annual Subscribers. 



The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 

 Subscribers, at the present time amounts to 1819, of which 

 the following is a summary : — 



Have Compounded, paying £20 . . 327 



Ditto ditto £30 . . 138 



Pay annual contributions of £2 . . 667 



Ditto ditto £S . , 551 



Annual Subscribers 4 



Are dormant 129 



Admission Fees unpaid 3 



1819 

 Of this number, 26 have been elected since the last 



Anniversary, and 4 re-admitted under the provisions of the 



Bye-Laws, Chap. I. sect. 9. 



The number of resignations during the same period has 



been 56, and deaths 49. 



b. Honorary and Foreign Members. 

 The number of Honorary and Foreign Members is 30. 



