REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the 

 Council have now the pleasure of presenting to the Society 

 their Twenty-fourth Annual Report. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 



The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Sub- 

 scribers at the present time amounts to 1677- Of these, 

 there are 



1677 



Of these, 70 have been elected since the last Anniversary, 

 and 3 have been re- admitted under the provision of the 

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



The number of deaths during the same period has been 

 34. 



The number of resignations has been 12. 



There are 12 Candidates for the Fellowship. 



The elections, re-admissions and proposals for election 

 having exceeded those of 1852 by 10, and the deaths and 

 resignations having decreased by 12, the number of names 

 now on the books, as compared with the Anniversary of 

 1852, has increased by 22, a fact which the Council have 



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