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work of Prof. Agassiz on Fossil Fishes, the munificent donation of 

 Lord Francis Egerton, and of the Charts and Maps published during 

 the year by the Admiralty and Board of Ordnance. 



ROBERT A. C. AUSTEN. 



H. T. DE LA BECHE. 



CHARLES LYELL. 



Comparative Statement of the Number of the Society at the close of 

 the years 1842 and 1843. 



Dec. 31, 1842. Dec. 31. 1843. 



Compounders 118 117 



Residents 243 239 



Non-residents 427 448 



788 804 



26 

 49 



Honorary Members 27 .... 



Foreign Members ...... 49 .... 



Personages of Royal Blood 4 4 



^ 80 79 



868 883 



General Statement Explanatory of the Alteration in the Number of 

 Fellows, Honorary Members, 8(C. at the close of the years 1842 and 

 1843. 



Number of Fellows, Compounders, Contributors, and Non- 

 residents, 31st December, 1842 788 



Add, FeUows elected during former 1 ^on-residents 4 



years, and paid in 1843 J 



Fellows elected during 1843, and "1 Residents 17 



who paid J Non-residents 12 



— 29 



— 33 



821 



Deduct, Compounders deceased 2 



Residents „ ^ 



Non-residents ,, 3 



Resigned ^ 



Removed ■* 



— 17 



Total number of FeUows, 31st Dec. 1843, as above 804 



