﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  ANNUAL 
  EEPOKT. 
  ix 
  

  

  Compounders. 
  The 
  total 
  accession 
  of 
  Contributing 
  Fellows 
  is 
  thus 
  

   seen 
  to 
  be 
  51, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  loss 
  being 
  38 
  (18 
  + 
  17 
  + 
  3), 
  the 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Contributing 
  Fellows 
  is 
  13. 
  

  

  Turning 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  Lists 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  and 
  Foreign 
  

   Correspondents, 
  the 
  Fellows 
  may 
  recollect 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1895 
  

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

   List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents. 
  In 
  1896 
  three 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  

   died. 
  The 
  vacancies 
  thus 
  left 
  were 
  in 
  part 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  

   1 
  Foreign 
  Member 
  and 
  2 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  still 
  3 
  vacancies 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  

   Members 
  and 
  1 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  need 
  hardly 
  remind 
  the 
  Fellows 
  that 
  they 
  have, 
  at 
  

   a 
  recent 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  sanctioned 
  a 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eye-Laws 
  such 
  as 
  will 
  allow 
  of 
  the 
  transfer 
  of 
  distinguished 
  men 
  

   of 
  science 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  British 
  subjects, 
  but 
  have 
  nevertheless 
  

   become 
  Fellows, 
  to 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Members. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows, 
  Foreign 
  Members, 
  and 
  Foreign 
  

   Correspondents, 
  which 
  on 
  December 
  31st, 
  1895, 
  was 
  1318, 
  had 
  

   increased 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1896 
  to 
  1329. 
  

  

  Proceeding 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  annual 
  

   Income 
  and 
  Expenditure, 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  1896 
  may 
  be 
  summarized 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  Receipts, 
  including 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  =£851 
  15s. 
  od. 
  

   brought 
  forward 
  from 
  last 
  year, 
  amounted 
  to 
  £3728 
  Os. 
  od., 
  being 
  

   .£465 
  12s. 
  od. 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  estimated 
  Income 
  for 
  that 
  year. 
  On 
  

   the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  total 
  Expenditure 
  during 
  1896 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   .£2959 
  17s. 
  5d., 
  being 
  less 
  by 
  £302 
  10s. 
  7d. 
  than 
  the 
  estimated 
  

   Expenditure 
  for 
  that 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  actual 
  excess 
  of 
  Expenditure 
  over 
  current 
  Receipts 
  in 
  1896 
  

   was 
  £83 
  12s. 
  od., 
  but 
  the 
  following 
  statement, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  glance 
  

   at 
  the 
  Balance 
  Sheet, 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  this 
  excess 
  is 
  entirely 
  due 
  to 
  

   Expenditure 
  of 
  a 
  non-recurring 
  character. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1895 
  a 
  Balance 
  of 
  £851 
  15s. 
  5d, 
  was 
  available 
  for 
  

   extraordinary 
  Expenditure. 
  During 
  1896 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  £218 
  15s. 
  3c?. 
  

   was 
  expended 
  on 
  the 
  Electric 
  Lighting 
  Installation 
  in 
  the 
  principal 
  

   Apartments 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  £63 
  7s. 
  6d. 
  was 
  paid 
  for 
  an 
  Electric 
  

   Lantern 
  and 
  fittings, 
  £89 
  3s. 
  lOd. 
  was 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  Redecoration 
  

   of 
  the 
  Basement, 
  and 
  £156 
  15s. 
  was 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  printers 
  for 
  work 
  

   in 
  connexion 
  with 
  Part 
  I. 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Index 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  Fifty 
  

   Volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Quarterly 
  Journal. 
  These 
  items 
  of 
  non-recurring 
  

   Expenditure 
  account 
  for 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  £528 
  Is. 
  7d. 
  Nevertheless, 
  

   there 
  still 
  remained 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1896 
  a 
  Balance 
  of 
  £768 
  3s. 
  Od. 
  

   available 
  for 
  extraordinary 
  expenditure. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  have 
  pleasure 
  in 
  announcing 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   Yol. 
  LIL 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Quarterly 
  Journal 
  and 
  the 
  commencement 
  

   of 
  Yol. 
  LIII. 
  In 
  bulk 
  and 
  in 
  number 
  of 
  illustrations 
  Yol. 
  LIL 
  

   conspicuously 
  exceeded 
  the 
  average 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Quarterly 
  Journal 
  

   during 
  many 
  years 
  past. 
  

  

  The 
  Fellows 
  have 
  now 
  in 
  their 
  hands, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  February 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  Journal, 
  the 
  Record 
  of 
  Geological 
  Literature 
  added 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  