GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FEB. 20, 1846. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council have the satisfaction of again calling the attention of 

 the Members of the Geological Society to the prosperous state of 

 its affairs, as shown by the increasing number of its Fellows. At 

 the close of 1844- the numbers had been reduced by unusual mor- 

 tality from 883 to 875 ; in the course of the past year the number 

 of new admissions has greatly exceeded that of deaths and resigna- 

 tions. During that period 27 new Fellows have been elected, and 5 

 who had been elected in the preceding year have paid their entrance 

 fees, making a total increase of 82. On the other hand, there have 

 been 13 deaths, 4 resignations and 2 defaulters removed, leaving an 

 increase of ordinary Fellows of 13. They have at the same time to 

 announce the death of 2 Foreign Members and of 3 Honorary 

 Members, and the election of 1 Foreign Member, thus causing a 

 further reduction of 4', and reducing the total increase to 9. 



This number however must be further diminished by 1 in conse- 

 quence of the name of a distinguished transatlantic geologist being 

 inserted twice ; Prof. H. D. Rogers having been elected a Foreign 

 Member when his name was already on the list as a non-resident 

 Fellow. Thus at the close of 1845 the real increase of the Society 

 was 8, and the total number of Fellows was again raised to 883 

 from 875. 



The Council have further the satisfaction of stating that the ex- 

 cess of income over expenditure during the year 1 845 amounted to 

 the sum of 40/. 165. 



At the close of 1845 the number of living compounders was 123, 

 and the amount received from them in lieu of annual contributions 

 was 3874/. 10^. During the past year 8 newly-elected Fellows have 

 compounded, 7 of whose compositions have been already invested, 

 in accordance with the now-established practice of the Society, and 

 added to its funded property, which thus received an increase of 

 220/. 10*. ; but in consequence of the great fall in the price of Con- 

 sols, fromjoar (at the close of 1844) to 94 (at the close of last 

 year), the estimated value of the funded property was only increased 

 from 2896/. lis. 2>d. (the amount stated last year) to 2961/. 5s, 6d. 



In consequence of Mr. Woodward, the Sub-Curator of the Mu- 

 seum, having received the appointment of Professor of Natural 

 History at the Agricultural College of Cirencester, he resigned his 



