412 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK MEETING 



isas follows: 1888,98; 1889,173; 1890,197; 1891,218; 1892,219; 1893, 

 236; 1894, 226; 1895, 226; 1896,233; 1897, 242; 1898, 237. 



In 1893 the Society had secured the adhesion of nearly all the active 

 geologists of the continent. Since that time the membership has re- 

 mained quite uniform, the losses being balanced b}^ elections. During 

 the late years of financial stringency many Fellows have been forced 

 unwillingly to relinquish membership. In all, 37 Fellows have been 

 dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues. Ten Fellows have re- 

 signed and 21 Fellows have died. The total number of persons who 

 have been Fellows is 305, of whom two are women. 



It is not expected that the membership of the Society will be much 

 larger than at present. Accessions will be mainly from young men en- 

 tering the profession, which will perhaps only balance the losses. 



Following is a tabulation of the geographical distribution of the fel- 

 lowship in 1888, 1894, and at the present time : 



Original 

 Fellows, 1888. 



District of Columbia 13 



New York 21 



Canada 



Pennsylvania 10 



Massachusetts 7 



California 4 



Ohio 6 



Illinois 1 



Iowa 4 



Connecticut 4 



INIinnesota 3 



Michigan 3 



New Jersey 5 



Kentucky 4 



AVisconsin 3 



Missouri 2 



Texas 4 



Alabama 1 



Colorado 



Kansas 2 



Virgi nia , 1 



^Maryland 2 



Indiana : ... 2 



South Dakota 



Vermont 



West Virginia 1 



Arizona ... 



Georgia 1 



Idaho 



I 



Fellows 



Fellows 



ember, 18%. 



December, 1898. 



34 



37 



27 



29 



23 



20 



17 



15 



17 



19 



12 



10 



12 



7 



10 



11 



7 



8 



7 



6 



6 



5 



5 



7 



5 



4 



4 



3 



3 



6 



4 



5 



3 



3 



3 



4 



3 



4 



3 



2 



3 



4 



2 



3 



1 



4 



2 



2 



2 



1 



2 



o 



1 



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1 



1 



1 



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