PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 293 



EEPOET OF THE COUNCIL 

 ^presented to the Annual Meeting on Sth February, 1882. 



New FelloiDs. 



Having regard to the large number of new Fellows elected during 

 the years 1879 and 1880, it might have been faii-ly expected that the 

 new elections would now show some diminution. The Council are, 

 however, gratified to find that during the past year 51 Ordinary 

 Fellows were elected, as against 47 in 1880 and 58 in 1879. 



Twenty-four Fellows have died or resigned (1 compounder, 

 22 subscribers, and 1 Honorary Fellow), and the list now stands as 

 follows : — 501 Ordinary, 49 Honorary, and 83 Es-Officio Fellows. 



The greatest number of Ordinary Fellows at any previous period 

 of the Society's existence was 452. 



Fina7ices. 



The income of the Society (excluding admission fees) now amounts 

 to 728Z., being 636Z. 6s. derived from subscriptions, and 91/. 14s. from 

 investments. In accordance with the determination come to at the 

 Annual Meeting in 1881, it is not intended in future to invest Com- 

 positions, except in the contingency mentioned in the Council's last 

 Eeport. 



Library, &c. 



The additions to the Library are now so numerous that there is a 

 difficulty in providing space for them on the shelves, and it is feared 

 that the only remedy will be to discontinue some of the exchanges. 



A catalogue of the Library has been prepared by the Assistant- 

 Secretary, and checked by Mr. Fox, who has also kindly undertaken 

 to prepare a catalogue of the property of the Society generally. 



Meetings. 



The attendance at the meetings of the Society has been well main- 

 tained, and if the Council were furnished with a greater number of 

 papers, recording the results of original work on the part of Fellows, 

 the position of the Society would leave hardly anything to be 

 desired. 



The Journal. 



In accordance with the desire expressed by the Council, the last 

 volume of the Journal has been somewhat reduced, and would have 

 been brought within the limit of 1000 pages but for the pressure 

 caused by the revived discussion of the aperture question. 



With the completion of that volume Mr. Crisp's arrangement for 

 the honorary editorship of the Journal terminated. The Council 

 passed a unanimous resolution expressing their thanks for his 

 valuable services in conducting and editing the Journal, and for the 

 great liberality he had displayed in its production. L^^nder the 



