PROCEEDINGS. 
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OF 
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
Vou. TIT. Parr Il.  1840—1841. No. 75. 
AT THE 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
19th of February, 1841. 
Tue following Report from the Council was read :— 
The Council have again the satisfaction of commencing their An- 
nual Report by announcing the progressive increase of the Society 
during the past year. ‘The number of Fellows has increased from 
768 to 781, there having been 35 new Fellows elected and admitted, 
besides 3 others elected in former years, but who had not paid their 
admission fees, making an addition of 38 new Fellows ; while, during 
the same period, there have been announced 20 deaths and 5 resig- 
nations. The number of Foreign Members has at the same time 
been diminished by 1, there having been 4 deaths and 3 elections ; 
while that of Honorary Members and Personages of Royal Blood has 
been reduced by deaths from 40 to 35; the total number of Mem- 
bers is therefore increased from 855 to 862. It should, however, be 
observed, with regard to the number of deaths, which appears greater 
than usual, that the names of several persons are included in this 
Return who had died in previous years, but whose decease was not 
known to the Society. 
It is most gratifying to the Council to be able to state that the 
Finances of the Society are in a flourishing condition, showing an 
excess of income over expenditure during the past year to the amount 
of 1657. 19s. 6d. 
The Council have to announce that three Fellows have compounded 
during the year 1840, and that in furtherance of the recommenda- 
tion contained in the Auditors’ Report for 1833, the whole amount 
of their compositions has been invested in Consols ; the number of 
Compounders remaining the same, viz. 108, there having been three 
deaths during the same period. ‘The value of these 108 composi- 
tions is 3402/., not 3244/. 10s. as erroneously stated in the Report 
of last year (which i is the value of only 103 compositions). While 
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