﻿GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FEB. 15, 1861. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



1st laying their Annual Report before the Geological Society of Lon- 

 don, the Council have much pleasure in congratulating the Fellows on 

 the generally prosperous condition of the Society. 



The number of new Fellows elected during 1860 was 35, making, 

 with four previously elected, whose fees were paid in 1860, an in- 

 crease of 39. During the same year the Society has had to regret 

 the loss by death of 19 Fellows. 



One Foreign Member has been elected in lieu of one deceased. 

 The number of extraordinary Members has been reduced by the 

 death of one personage of Royal Blood and five Honorary Members. 



The total number of the Society at the close of 1859 was 907 ; at 

 the close of 1860, 922. 



The excess of Expenditure over Income during 1860 has been 

 £120 lis. lid. This excess has been brought about by the occur- 

 rence of the following unusual items : — a donation of £50 to Mr. 

 Nichols, the Society's late clerk, in consideration of his long ser- 

 vices ; and ,£100 for the additional Number of the Journal, which it 

 was agreed to print in order to bring up arrears of publication. 



The Council have to mention the handsome donation of 50 gui- 

 neas by Mr. Tylor, towards defraying the general expenses of the 

 Society. 



The Funded property of the Society amounts to £4350 in Con- 

 sols, besides .£500 of the Greenough and Brown Bequests, invested 

 temporarily, making in all .£4850. 



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

 Quarterly Journal, and the First Part of Vol. XVII. 



A revised List of the Fellows has also been printed and circulated. 



In order to aid in the re-arrangement of the Museum, a second 

 vol, xvn. a 



