GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FEB. 16, 1866. 



EEPORT OP THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Geological Society of London are glad to be able 

 to announce, in laying their Annual lleport before the Fellows, that 

 a very large addition to the number of Pellows, similar to that 

 noticed at the close of the last two years, has been made during the 

 past year. 



During 1865 as many as 66 new Fellows were elected ; but of 

 these only 45 had paid their fees up to the end of the year, making 

 with 11 previously elected, who paid their fees last year, a total of 

 bQ new Fellows. On the other hand, the numbers of the Society 

 have been reduced by the death of 17 Fellows, the resignation of 5, 

 and the removal of 4, giving a net increase of 30 ordinary Fellows. 



The Society has recently had to deplore the loss of its only re- 

 maining Fellow of Eoyal Blood — the late King of the Belgians. 



Four Foreign Members and one Foreign Correspondent have been 

 reported as deceased. 



One Foreign Correspondent was elected during 1865 in the place 

 of one deceased. 



The total number of the Society at the close of 1864 was 1092 ; 

 at the close of 1865, 1117. 



The prosperous condition of the Society is indicated by its increas- 

 ing Income, as well as by the augmentation in its numbers. The In- 

 come of the past year has exceeded the expenditure by <£268 IO5. Sc?., 

 although the disbursements include the special expenditure on ac- 

 count of the Bequest-fund for the new edition of the Greenough 

 Map. 



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

 last Anniversary, namely ^4560. 



The Council have to announce the completion of Vol. XXI. of the 

 Quarterly Journal, and the publication of the first part of Yol. XXII. 



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