PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



Vol. II. 1834—1835. No. 39. 



AT THE 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 

 20th February 1835, 



The following Report from the Council was read : — 



It is a great satisfaction to the Council to commence their Annual 

 Report to the Society by congratulating its Members on the acqui- 

 sition of the additional apartments which His Majesty's Government 

 have been pleased to make over to them since the last Anniversary. 

 The benefits resulting from this new accommodation will be best 

 understood by a reference to the annexed Report of the Committee 

 appointed to examine into the state of the Museums. 



The expense of the alterations has amounted to 1035^., of which 

 500^. have been raised by voluntary subscriptions, and the remainder 

 has been defrayed out of the ordinary income of the Society. 



The improvements have been carried into effect under the direc- 

 tion and superintendence of Mr. Decimus Burton; and the Council 

 cannot but advert to the thanks which are due to that gentleman 

 for the liberality with which he has gratuitously devoted his valuable 

 time and services to this object. 



The Society continues annually to increase. At our last Anni- 

 versary the Council congratulated you on the number of its mem- 

 bers being 716; they have now the further satisfaction of announ- 

 cing that at the close of 1834 it amounted to 745. Forty-two new 

 Members were elected in the course of the past year ; on the other 

 hand, there were ten deaths and three resignations. 



With respect to the finances, the outlay required for the improve- 

 ments in the Apartments has necessarily somewhat diminished the 

 apparent balance of the Society's assets. The amount of the So- 

 ciety's property, consisting of cash at the bankers', money invested 

 in the Public Funds, of arrears due to the Society, and of the 

 stock on hand of unsold Transactions taken at a very low valuation, 

 by the last account presented to you was valued at 2010/. 19.s. 5d. 

 This year it appears, in consequence of the expenses in question, to 

 be reduced to 1735/. 155. lOd. 



On referring to the accounts of the general receipts and expenses 



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