4 
The number of Fellows elected and readmitted during 
the year 1866 was 405, being 84 more than during the 
preceding year, and a larger number than have joined the 
Society in any one year except during the period in which 
it was first constituted. The number of vacancies caused 
by death in 1866 was 66, by resignation 20, and by re- 
moval 3—in all 89; so that a total addition of 316 
Members took place during the year. The corresponding 
increase in 1865 was 225. 
The following Table, which gives a comparative state- 
ment of the elections, deaths, resignations, and removals 
during the past eight years, will show at a glance the very 
satisfactory state of the list of Members, which, during 
that period, has been increased from 1721 to 2459 in 
number. 
Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals 
Years. 
1859. 
1860. 
1861. 
1862. 
1863. 
1864. 
1865. 
1866. 
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ss Compounders. | Subscribers. 5 = Se |s 
£& SS ea Suosenbetsalias a5 Subscribers. ‘3 ay 33 = 
Be £20,| £30. saa 2, | 88.) oe Neg, EME Pre bes s™ iz 
83 13 4 17 16 8 20 AO A 
98 11 4 20 22 3 19 2 6 16 
98 11 7 1 19 21 5 23 2 2s 
95 6 1 5 16 24 1 10 1 4 19 7 
164 9 4 12 23 3 19 2 55 aie 8 
264 4 8 21 22 2 9 45 24 71 
321 12 5 13 23 5 16 2 1 19 
| 405 16 | 11 Ne 11 28 1 18 1 3 
during Eight years, with the number of Fellows and Annual 
Subscribers at the end of each Year. 
Died. Resigned. Removed. 
b. Foreign and Corresponding Members. 
No vacancy has taken place in the list of Foreign 
Members during the year. 
The following nineteen gentlemen have been elected 
Corresponding Members of the Society during the year 
1866 :— 
February 22. 
Dr. James Hector, Director of the Geological Survey of 
New Zealand, Otago, New Zealand. 
Dr. Ludwig Pfeiffer, Cassel, Germany. 
Fellows 
and Annual 
Subscribers, 
December 3). 
