ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



February 15th, 11) lb. 



Dr. Alfred Ha utter, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



Report of the Council fur 11)17. 



During the year under review. 32 new Fellows were elected into 

 the Society i 2 less than in 1916j and 3 Fellows were re-admitted 

 after payment of arrears. Of the Fellows elected in 1917, 23 paid 

 their Admission Fees before the end of that year, and of the 

 Fellows who had been elected in the previous year b' paid their 

 Admission Fees in 1917. making' the total accession of new Fellows 

 during the past year amount to 29 (5 less than in 1916). 



Allowing for the loss of 43 Fellows (8 resigned, and 35 deceased), 

 it will be seen that there is a decrease of 11 in the number of 

 Fellows, as compared with a decrease of 32 in 1916. 



The total number of Fellows is. therefore, at present 1220, 

 made up as follows : — Compounders 216 (10 less than in 1916); 

 Contributing Fellows 989 (1 less than in 1916) ; and Non- 

 Contributing Fellows 15 (the same as in 1916). 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, the Council has to regret the loss during the past 

 year of Dr. H. E. Sauvage and Dr. W. B. Clark, both Foreign 

 Correspondents. It will be remembered that, in the List of 

 Foreign Members at the end of 1916, there were four vacancies, 

 and six in that of Foreign Correspondents ; and. as no elections 

 were held to make up the numbers during the past year, there are. 

 at present, four vacancies in the List of Foreign Members and 

 eight vacancies in that of Foreign Correspondents. 



With regard to the Income and Expenditure of the Society 

 during 1917, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 may be summarized as follows : — The actual Receipts (excluding 

 the Balance of £676 12s. 5d. brought forward from the previous 

 year) amounted to £2966 10*. 8rf., being £413 10s. Sd. more than 

 the estimated Income. 



On the other hand, the Expenditure during the same year, 

 including the outlay of £475 for £-500 5 "/„ War Loan, amounted 

 to £3581 Is. 6d., being £553 Is. tid. more than the estimated 

 Expenditure, and the A'ear closed with a Balance in hand of 

 £62 Is. Id. 



Early in the year the Council decided to recommend the 

 expenditure of the proceeds of the Sorby and Hudleston Bequests 

 in fitting up the Meeting-Boom Annexe as a Map-Room. Plans 

 were prepared, and estimates obtained : but, on the advice of the 



