Annual Report of the Council. xxv 



Annual Report of the Council, April, 1904. 



The Society began the session with an ordinary membership 

 of 157. During the present session 21 new members have joined 

 the Society ; 10 resignations have been received, and the deaths 

 have been 6, viz. : Mr. J. J. Ashworth. Mr. James Edward 

 Cornish, Mr. Edward Coward, Mr. William Goldthorpe, 

 Mr. Thomas Harker and Mr. Thomas Read Wilkinson, 

 whilst 3 members have been removed from the Ust for non- 

 payment of their subscriptions. This leaves on the roll 159 

 ordinary members. The Society has also lost 3 honorary 

 members by death, viz. : Professor J. Willard Gibbs, 

 For.Mem.R.S., of Yale University, U.S.A., the Rev. Dr. George 

 Salmon, F.R.S., Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and Pro- 

 fessor Carl Alfred von Zittel, of Munich. Memorial notices 

 of these gentlemen appear at the end of this report. 



The Treasurer reports a decided improvement in the 

 finances, due to the general efforts made during the last three 

 years to increase the membership; but the unusual number 

 of resignations received during the current session, and the 

 needs of the Society still call for sustained exertion in the 

 same direction. 



The Society commenced the session with a total balance of 

 ;^304. 14s. 2d., from all sources, this amount being made 

 up of the following balances : — 



At the credit of General Fund ;^i43 o 5 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 127 17 i 



„ „ Joule Memorial Fund 49 5 10 



„ „ Dalton Tomb Fund 32 14 8 



i^352 18 o 

 Less the amount standing at the debit of 



the Natural History Fund 48 3 10 



^^304 14 2 



