ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 17th, 1899. 



W. Whitakek, B.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Kepoet of the Council eor 1898. 



Oi^CE again the Council are in a position to state that the upward 

 tendency in the number of Fellows and the financial prosperity of 

 the Society, which have formed matter for congratulation in recent 

 Annual Reports, have continued uninterruptedly during the past 

 year. 



In 1898 the number of Fellows elected into the Society was 52, 

 of whom 41 paid their Admission Fees before the end of the year. 

 Moreover, 17 Fellows who had been elected in 1897 paid their 

 Admission Fees during the last twelve months, the total accession 

 of new Fellows during the year under review amounting, therefore, 

 to 58. 



On the other hand, there was a total loss of 54 Fellows during the 

 past year — 28 by death, 16 by resignation, 2 by transference to the 

 List of Foreign Members, and 8 by removal from the List because 

 of non-payment of their Annual Contributions. 



From the foregoing figures it will be seen that the actual 

 increase in the number of Fellows is 4. 



Of the 28 deceased Fellows, 8 had compounded for their Annual 

 Contributions, 18 were Contributing Fellows, and 2 were Non- 

 Contributing FeUows. On the other hand, 3 Fellows during the 

 past year became Compounders. 



The total accession of Contributing Fellows is thus seen to be 

 55 (58—3), and the total loss being 42 (18-|-16 + 8), the increase 

 in the number of Contributing Fellows is 13, as compared with an 

 increase of 18 in 1897. 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, it will be remembered that at the end of 1897 

 there was 1 vacancy in the List of Foreign Members and 2 in the 



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