GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



AXXVAL GEXEEAL MEETING, FEB. 15, 1867. 



PvEPOET or ihp: cot^'cii. 



Ix presenting their Annual Eeport to tlie Fellows of tlie Geological 

 Society of London, the Council are rejoiced at being enabled to 

 again congratulate them on the continued prosperity of the Society, 

 and the sustained annual increase in its numbers. 



During the year 1866 the list has been swollen by the election 

 of 55 new Fellows, one of whom, however, died previously to the 

 date of his election ; of these -IS had paid their fees up to the end 

 of the year, making with 16 previously elected, who paid their fees 

 last year, a total of 6-1 new Fellows. Against this increase must be 

 placed the reduction in the number of the Society caused by the 

 resignation of 6 F-sUp-^s and the death of 25, some of whom died 

 in foiTuer years, but whose deaths had not been ascertained until 

 recently, — giving a net increase of 33 ordinary Fellows. 



Three Foreign, llembers and two Foreign Correspondents have 

 been reported as deceased. 



Four Foreign Correspondents were elected in 1866, and one was 

 placed on the hst of Foreign ^M^embers, to fill the vacancies caused 

 by the above-mentioned deaths. 



The total number of the Society at the close of 1865 was 1117; 

 and at the close of 1866, 1149. 



The increase in the Society's Income, which was so noticeable in 

 the Balance-sheet of 1865, has continued during the past year, 

 although the actual excess of Income over Expenditure is not so 

 great as in 1865, owing to the payment in 1866 of a considerable 

 amount which properly belonged to the expendi'ture of the previous 

 year. A large amount has also been spent on the new edition of 

 the Greenough ^ap ; the Expenditure on the Quarterly Journal has 

 been unsually great; and the Library has profited by the excep- 

 tionally large expenditure of nearly ^170. But notwithstanding 



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