PROCEEDINGS 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 Vol. IV. Part III. 1845. No. 103. 



AT THE 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



list of February, IS^o, 



The following Report from the Council was read : — 



In calling the attention of the Members to the state of the Society, 

 the Council have the satisfaction of stating that, during the year 

 1844, 22 newFellows have been elected and admitted, besides 2 others 

 elected in former years, whose subscriptions had not previously been 

 paid in, thus making an increase of 24 new Fellows. On the other 

 hand, they regret to state that the loss by death has been unusually 

 great, not less than 23 deaths having been announced during the last 

 year; 7 resignations have also been received During the same 

 period there have been 3 Honorary and 2 Foreign Members deceased, 

 and 3 new Foreign Members elected ; thus making a decrease in the 

 numbers of the Society of 8 ; the total number of Members having 

 been 883 at the close of 1843, and being reduced to 875 at the close 

 of 1844. 



In their Report last year, the Council called the attention of the 

 Society to the great expenses which had been incurred in the pub- 

 lication of the Proceedings and Transactions. With the view of in- 

 quiring into the state of the Society's affairs a Finance Committee 

 was appointed last year, who, after considering the average annual 

 income and expenditure of the Society, independent of publications, 

 came to the conclusion that there only remained a sum varying from 

 £250 to £300 per annum at the disposal of the Council, to be ex- 

 pended in the publication of Transaictions or Proceedings, without 

 anticipating future income or encroaching on the capital of the Society. 



"With regard to the finances of the past year, the Council have the 

 satisfaction of stating, that in consequence of the careful system of 

 economy rigidly maintained, the excess of income over expenditure 

 during the year 1844, independently of publications, amounts to the 

 sum of £286 5s. 8d. It is the intention of the Council, so far as 



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