ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 

 February 16th, 1917. 



Dr. Alfred Harkee, F.K.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Keport of the Council for 1916. 



DuRiN& the year under review, 34 new FelloAvs were elected into 

 the Society (3 more than in 1915^. Of the Fellows elected in 

 1916, 27 paid their Admission Fees before the end of that year, 

 and of the Fellows who had been elected in the previous year, 

 7 paid their Admission Fees in 1916, making the total accession of 

 new Fellows during the past vear amount to 31 (3 more than in 



1915;. 



Allowing for the loss of 66 Fellows (15 resigned, 29 deceased, 

 and 22 removed from the List, under Bve-Law Sect. VI, Art. 5), 

 it will be seen that there is a decrease of 32 in the number of 

 Fellows (as compared with a decrease of 59 in 1915, and an 

 increase of 11 in 1914). 



The Total Number of Fellows is, therefore, at present 1231, 

 made up as follows: — Compounders 226 (7 less than in 1915); 

 Contributing Fellows 990 (25 less than in 1915) ; and Xon- 

 Contributing Fellows 15 (the same as in 1915). 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

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

 year of Prof. J. Gosselet, M. M. F. Mourlon, and Count H. 

 zu Solms-Laubach. It will be remembered that, in the List of 

 Foreign Members at the end of 1915, there were two vacancies, 

 and five 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 six 

 vacancies in that of Foreign CorresjDOndents. 



The Society has to record, with deep regret, the loss during the 

 year of its Treasurer, Mr. Bedford McNeill, who died on Sep- 

 tember 18th, 1916, after holding office for 4 years. Mr. McNeill 

 had also served on the Council for 11 years, and the vacancy 

 caused by his decease was filled on November 22nd by the election 

 of Dr. James Vincent Elsden as Treasurer and as a Member of the 

 Council. 



With regard to the Income and Expenditure of the Society 

 during 1916, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

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

 the Balance of £635 13s. 4f?. brought forward from the previous 

 year) amounted to £2668 3s. If/., being £109 9s. \d. more than 

 the estimated Income. 



On the other hand, the Expenditure during the same year 



