﻿ANNUAL 
  GENERAL 
  MEETING, 
  

  

  February 
  19th, 
  1897. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Report 
  or 
  the 
  Council 
  for 
  1896. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  once 
  more 
  the 
  pleasant 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  place 
  on 
  

   record 
  the 
  uninterrupted 
  financial 
  prosperity 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have, 
  in 
  addition, 
  to 
  congratulate 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  the 
  fact 
  that, 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  five 
  years, 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  already 
  

   that 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  numbers 
  mentioned 
  in 
  previous 
  reports 
  was 
  

   proceeding 
  at 
  a 
  diminishing 
  ratio, 
  and 
  there 
  appears 
  good 
  reason 
  

   to 
  hope 
  that 
  the 
  upward 
  tendency 
  now 
  recorded 
  will 
  steadily 
  

   continue. 
  

  

  During 
  1896 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  elected 
  into 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  

   62, 
  of 
  whom 
  48 
  paid 
  their 
  Admission 
  Fees 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   year. 
  Fees 
  were 
  also 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twelvemonth 
  from 
  

   11 
  Fellows, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  elected 
  in 
  1895, 
  the 
  total 
  accession 
  of 
  

   new 
  Fellows 
  in 
  1896 
  being 
  therefore 
  59. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  total 
  loss 
  of 
  47 
  Fellows 
  during 
  

   the 
  twelvemonth 
  under 
  review 
  — 
  26 
  by 
  death, 
  18 
  by 
  resignation, 
  

   and 
  3 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  List 
  because 
  of 
  non-payment 
  of 
  their 
  

   Annual 
  Contributions. 
  It 
  is 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  last- 
  

   named 
  cause 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  so 
  very 
  few 
  names 
  from 
  

   the 
  List, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  former 
  years. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foregoing 
  figures 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  actual 
  

   increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  is 
  12 
  (as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   decreases 
  of 
  1 
  in 
  1895, 
  11 
  in 
  1894, 
  46 
  in 
  1893, 
  and 
  19 
  in 
  

   1892). 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  26 
  Fellows 
  deceased 
  7 
  had 
  compounded 
  for 
  their 
  Annual 
  

   Contributions, 
  17 
  were 
  Contributing 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  2 
  were 
  Non- 
  

   Contributing 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  8 
  Fellows 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  became 
  

  

  