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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FEB. 17, 1865. 



EEPOET OP THE COTJNCIL. 



In laying before the Geological Society of London their Annual 

 Eeport for the past year, the Council have great satisfaction in 

 announcing that the extraordinary increase in the numbers of the 

 Society, noticed in their last Eeport, has continued through the year 

 1864 in even a more marked degree. 



The Fellows elected last year number no less than 75, or 7 more 

 than those elected the year before, which was at that time the 

 largest addition to the Hsts ever made in one year. Of these 75 

 Fellows, 61 have paid their fees, making with 11 previously elected, 

 who paid their fees in 1864, the large total of 72 new Fellows. On 

 the other hand, the Society has sustained the loss of 19 Fellows by 

 death, and of 4 more by resignation, thus giving a net increase of 

 49 ordinary Fellows. 



One Foreign Member and one Foreign Correspondent have been 

 reported as deceased. 



Eleven Foreign Correspondents were elected last year; ten to make 

 up the full number authorized to be elected by the resolutions passed 

 at the Special General Meeting held on January 8, 1863 ; and one 

 to supply the place of a Foreign Correspondent elected to fill the 

 vacancy in the list of Foreign Members. 



The total number of the Society at the close of 1863 was 1033 ; 

 at the close of 1864, 1092. 



The fijiancial condition of the Society is not less satisfactory than 

 is indicated by the statistics just given. The Income has exceeded 

 the expenditure by £85 19s. 5d., notwithstanding that the arrears 

 of subscription have increased during the year by the large sum of 

 £160; and that several special items (including a new carpet for the 

 Council-room, and a large expenditure on account of the new edition 

 of the Greenough Map) are comprehended in the Balance Sheet. 



The funded property of the Society has been increased by the sum 

 of £210, and is therefore £4560. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Vol. XX. of the 

 Journal, and the publication of the First Part of Vol, XXI. 



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