ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 15th, 1901. 



J. J. Haeris Teall, Esq., M.A., V.P.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Report of the CouisrciL for 1900. 



The upward tendency of the number of Pellows, which has been a 

 matter of congratulation in five successive- Annual Reports, appears 

 to have suffered a check during the past year, and a slight decrease 

 has to be recorded. The undiminished financial prosperity of 

 the Society, however, justifies the inference that the sources from 

 which the Society's income is derived were in no way aifected by 

 the uncertain state of public affairs during 1900. 



During the past twelve months 59 Fellows were elected into the 

 Society (7 more than in 1899), of whom 40 paid their Admission 

 Fees before the end of the year. Moreover, 7 Fellows who had 

 been elected in the previous year paid their Admission Fees in 1900, 

 the total accession of new Fellows during the year under review 

 amounting therefore to 47. 



On the other hand, there was a total loss of 57 Fellows during 

 the past twelve months — 40 by death, 11 by resignation, and 6 by 

 removal from the List because of non-payment of their Annual 

 Contributions. 



From the foregoing statistics it will be seen that the actual 

 decrease in the number of Fellows is 10 (as compared with an 

 increase of 5 recorded in 1899). 



Of the 40 Fellows deceased, 8 had compounded for their Annual 

 Contributions, 26 were Contributing Fellows, and 6 were Non- 

 contributing Fellows. On the other hand, 3 Fellows during the 

 year under review became Compounders. 



The total accession of Contributing Fellows is thus seen to be 

 44 (47-3), and the total loss being 43 (26 + 11 + 6), the number 

 of Contributing Fellows during 1900 was increased by 1, as com- 

 pared with an increase of 12 in 1899 and 13 in 1898. 



With regard to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, it may be recollected that, at the end of 1899, 

 there was no vacancy in the List of Foreign Members, and only 



