PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
Vou. III. Parr II. 1842. No. 86. 
AT THE 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
18th of February, 1842. 
Tue 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 being able to report that the 
number of Fellows has increased during the past year from 781 to 
784, while the number of Foreign and Honorary Members, and Per- 
sonages of Royal Blood has remained the same, viz. 81, thereby 
making a total increase of from 862 to 865. During the year 1841, 
31 new Fellows were elected and admitted, besides 2 others who had 
been elected in the previous year, but had not paid their admission- 
fees, making a total of 33 new Members. On the other hand, there 
have been i3 deaths and 9 resignations, besides 8 Fellows whose 
names have been removed for non-payment of arrears, making a loss 
of 30, to be deducted from the increase of 33, leaving a clear increase 
of 3. The number of Honorary Members has been decreased by 4, 
while that of the Foreign Members has been augmented by the same 
number. 
The Council have to state, that although the expenditure of the 
last year has exceeded the income by the sum of 186/. 2s. 1d., the 
sums expended did not exceed the estimated outlay for the year, but 
that the deficiency has arisen from the receipts on Admission Fees 
and Annual Contributions being less than the average amount. 
They have however adopted a code of instructions, by which it is 
hoped that the Annual Contributions will for the future be more 
regularly received, and that accumulation of arrears prevented which 
has obliged them to enforce the bye-law respecting defaulters. 
~ The Council have also to announce that eleven Fellows compounded 
during the last year, and that the whole of their compositions have 
been funded, thereby raismg the amount of the funded property of 
the Society from 2086/. (the amount last year) to 2410/7. At the 
close of 1841 the number of Compounders was 117, and the amount 
received from them in lieu of Annual Contributions was 3685/. 10s., 
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