ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 19th, 1904. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, Sc.D., D.C.L., Sec.R.S., Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



Before commencing the business of the Meeting, the Chairman 

 read the following letter, which had been addressed to him by the 

 President : — 



■ Dear Sir Archibald, ' Febraar * 9th ' 1904 ' 



' Please kindly convey to the Council, the Officers, and the Fellows of the 

 Geological Society my sincere regrets that I am not yet well enough to attend the 

 Anniversary Meeting, and personally thank them for the honour which they paid 

 me in making me their President, and for their unfailing goodness to me during my 

 tenure of office. 



' I shall also be grateful if you will congratulate on my behalf the new President 

 and the Recipients of Medals and Awards ; and assure the Fellows of my constant 

 sympathy with, and faith in, the continued progress of the Society, and of my hope 

 tc be soon once more amongst them as a fellow-worker. 



4 Thanking Mr. Teall and yourself for your gi'eat kindness in taking over my 

 Presidential work for me during my illness, and so relieving me of all responsibility, 



* ' I remain, dear Sir Archibald, 



' Sincerely yours, 

 ' Sir Archibald Geikie, D.C.L., Sec.R.S. Charles Lapworth.' 



It was unanimously resolved that a telegram should be sent from 

 the Fellows in General Meeting assembled, thanking the President 

 for his message and wishing him a speedy restoration to health. 



Eeport of the Council for 1903. 



The Society continues to be in a generally-flourishing condition. 

 The Number of Fellows has undergone but little change : during 

 the past year 46 Fellows were elected (2 less than in 1902, and 6 

 less than in 1901), of whom 33 paid their Admission-Fees before 

 the end of the year. Moreover, 16 Fellows, who had been elected 

 in the previous year, paid their Admission-Fees in 1903, the total 

 accession of new Fellows during the past twelve months amounting 

 therefore to 49. 



Deducting from this number a loss of 53 Fellows (30 by death, 

 13 by resignation, and 10 by removal from the List, under Bye- 

 Laws, Sect. VI, Art. 5), it will be seen that there is a decrease in 



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