ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 20, 1891. 

 Dr. A. Geikie, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Report op the Cofnoil for 1890. 



Ix presenting their Eeport for the year 1890, the Council have 

 much pleasure in congratulating the Fellows on the continued 

 prosperity of the Society, as evinced by its increasing number and 

 by the very satisfactory condition of its finances. 



The number of Fellows elected during the year was 76, of whom 

 56 paid their fees before the end of the year, making with 16 

 previously elected Fellows who paid their fees in 1890, and 1 

 Fellow re-admitted without payment of entrance-fee, a total acces- 

 sion during the year of 73 Fellows. During the same period there 

 was, however, loss by death of 23 Fellows, and by resigaation of 

 11 Fellows; moreover, 12 Fellows were removed from the list for 

 non-payment of their annual contributions, there being thus a total 

 loss of 46 Fellows. The actual increase in the number of Fellows 

 is therefore 27. Of the 23 Fellows deceased, 7 were Compounders, 

 10 Contributing Fellows, and 6 non-Contributing Fellows. In the 

 course of the year 10 compounded for their Annual Contributions, 

 so that the actual increase in the number of Contributing Fellows 

 is 30, making a total of 886. 



The total number of Fellows, Foreign Members, and Foreign 

 Correspondents was 1379 at the end of 1889, and 1405 at the close 

 of the year 1890. 



During the last-named year, 3 Foreign Members died and 2 were 

 elected, 1 vacancy remaining in the list of Foreign Members at 

 the end of 1890. At the end of 1889 there were 2 vacancies in 

 the list of Foreign Correspondents, and in the course of the 

 following year news was received of the death of 2 Foreign Corre- 

 spondents ; 4 vacancies were filled during the year by election, but 

 there were still 2 vacancies in the list at the end of 1890. 



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