﻿GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  OF 
  LONDON. 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  GENERAL 
  MEETING, 
  FEB. 
  19, 
  1864. 
  

  

  EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COUNCIL. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  their 
  Annual 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  Lon- 
  

   don, 
  the 
  Council 
  are 
  again 
  afforded 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  congratulating 
  

   the 
  Fellows 
  upon 
  the 
  general 
  prosperity 
  and 
  the 
  unusually 
  large 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  in 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  Fellows 
  elected 
  last 
  year 
  are 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  68 
  in 
  number, 
  an 
  

   addition 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  unparalleled 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  ; 
  of 
  

   these 
  54 
  have 
  paid 
  their 
  fees, 
  making 
  with 
  four 
  previously 
  elected, 
  

   who 
  paid 
  their 
  fees 
  in 
  1863, 
  the 
  large 
  augmentation 
  of 
  58 
  new 
  Fel- 
  

   lows. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  17 
  Fellows 
  have 
  died 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  sustained 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  6 
  more 
  by 
  resignation, 
  thus 
  

   giving 
  a 
  net 
  increase 
  of 
  35 
  ordinary 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  One 
  Foreign 
  Member 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  deceased. 
  

  

  30 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents 
  were 
  elected 
  last 
  year 
  in 
  conformity 
  

   with 
  the 
  resolutions 
  passed 
  at 
  a 
  Special 
  General 
  Meeting 
  held 
  on 
  

   January 
  8, 
  1863, 
  and 
  alluded 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Council. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  elected 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy 
  

   among 
  the 
  Foreign 
  Members. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1862 
  was 
  969 
  ; 
  at 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  1863, 
  1033. 
  

  

  The 
  Income 
  during 
  1863 
  has 
  exceeded 
  the 
  Expenditure 
  by 
  

   <£15 
  10s. 
  del. 
  Considering 
  that 
  in 
  tho 
  Library-expenditure 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  is 
  included 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  <£33 
  13s. 
  Gel., 
  being 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   Supplement-catalogue, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  House-expenditure 
  is 
  included 
  

   about 
  =£30 
  for 
  carpet 
  and 
  matting 
  in 
  the 
  Meeting-room 
  ; 
  and 
  taking 
  

   into 
  account 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Bye-law 
  

   reducing 
  the 
  Annual 
  subscription 
  of 
  resident 
  Fellows 
  from 
  <£3 
  3s. 
  to 
  

   £2 
  2s., 
  and 
  raising 
  the 
  subscriptions 
  of 
  future 
  Non-residents 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  amount, 
  came 
  into 
  operation, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  lessened 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  

   the 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  subscriptions 
  by 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  220 
  guineas, 
  — 
  

   this 
  result 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  extremely 
  satisfactory; 
  and 
  it 
  proves 
  

   both 
  the 
  elasticity 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  resources, 
  and 
  the 
  wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  

   measure 
  just 
  referred 
  to. 
  

  

  The 
  funded 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  remains 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  

   Anniversary, 
  namely, 
  =£4350. 
  

  

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