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ANNUAL MEETING. 



January 17th, 1900. 



Mr. Gkougk Henry Verrall, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. Hugh Jones, one of the Auditors, read the 

 Treasurer's Balance Sheet, showing a bahince in favour of 

 the Society of £181 16s. Sd., less liabilities for about £67 in 

 connection -witli printing and plates. 



Mr. C. J. Gahan, Secretary, read the following 



Report of the Council. 



During the year 1899, two Honorary and five Ordinary 

 Fellows have died, viz. M. Hippolyte Lucas; Dr. C. G. Thomson; 

 Dr. Charles Brongniart ; Mr. K. W. Fereday ; Mr. Hildebrand 

 Eamsden ; Mr. Samuel Stevens ; and the Rev. W. Farren 

 White. The death of one other Fellow, Mr. George Bryant, 

 has also to be recorded. He died in 1898, but his death was 

 not known to the Council at the time of the last Annual 

 Report. 



Eight Fellows have resigned during the Session ; the names 

 of eleven Fellows, who were in arrear with their subscriptions, 

 have, in accordance with Sec. 3 of Chap. xiv. of the Bye-laws, 

 been struck off the List ; and twenty-one new Fellows have 

 been elected. 



The number of new Fellows elected is not large enough to 

 be considered as satisfactoxy ; it is not only considerably less 

 than the number elected in 1898, but is even below the average 

 for the preceding ten years. 



The Society now consists of 10 Honorary, 56 Life, and 352 

 Fellows liable for the Annual Subscription, the total number 

 of Fellows on the Society's List being 418, or 6 less than at 

 this time last year. 



The Transactions for 1899 form a volume of 499 pages, 

 showing an increase of 55 pages over those for the previous 

 3'ear. They consist of sixteen Memoirs, contributed by the 

 following authors : Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow (3 papers) ; Dr. 

 Thomas A. Chapman ; Mr. W. L. Distant ; Mr. Charles H. 

 Dolby-Tyler ; the Rev. A. E. Eaton ; Mr. Henry J. Elwes, 



