Vol, 57.] ANNUAL REPORT. 



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one in that of Foreign Correspondents. Daring the past twelve 

 months the Society has suffered the loss, by death, of 3 of its 

 Foreign Members. The vacancies thus arising were in part filled by 

 the election of 3 Foreign Members and 3 Foreign Correspondents, 

 but at the close of 1900 there still remained a vacancy in the List 

 of Foreign Correspondents. 



The total number of Fellows, Foreign Members, and Foreign 

 Correspondents, which stood at 1344 on December 31st, 1899, 

 had decreased to 1334 by the end of 1900. 



Proceeding now to consider the Income and Expenditure of the 

 Society during the past year, the figures set forth in detail in the 

 Ealance-Sheet may be summarized as follows : — 



The total Eeceipts, including the Balance of ^420 13s. lOd. 

 brought forward from the previous year, amounted to .£3450 13s. Id., 

 being ,£353 15s. 3d. more than the estimated Income. But this 

 surplus includes the sum of .£200 repaid to the Society by H.M. 

 Treasury. This sum had been contributed by the Society in 1899 

 towards the cost of the improved lavatory accommodation at the 

 Society's Apartments, and the question of repayment was still under 

 the consideration of H.M. Treasury when the Estimates for 1900 

 were framed and issued to the Fellows. 



The total Expenditure during 1900 amounted to =£3061 18s. 3d., 

 being £135 14s. 3d. more than the estimated Expenditure for the 

 year. In the foregoing total is included a considerable item of 

 non-recurring Expenditure, namely, the sum of £301 6s. 4d., 

 expended on the completion of the Electric Lighting installation 

 ,in the Society's Apartments. Mr. Musgrave Heaphy, C.E',, F.G.S., 

 kindly consented to place his invaluable experience once more at 

 the disposal of the Society, and the whole systena of the Electric 

 Lighting installation was carefully planned by him, and carried out 

 under his supervision, with thoroughly satisfactory results. For 

 his great services in this matter, the Society owes him a deep debt 

 of gratitude. 



The Balance remaining available for the current year is 

 £388 14s. lOd. This sum will go far towards meeting the expen- 

 diture which it is proposed to incur during the present year in 

 connexion with the long-postponed Eedecoration of the Society's 

 Apartments, but it is estimated that between £100 and £200 more 

 will be required to cover that item of Extraordinary Expenditure, 

 to which the sanction of the Fellows is hereby requested. 



The Council have pleasure in announcing the completion of 

 Yol. LVI of the Society's Quarterly Journal, and the commence- 

 ment of Vol. liVII. It will be observed that the cost of the 

 Quarterly Journal for 1900, including the commission on sales, 

 amounted to £989 18s. 4c?., being £89 18s. 4d. more than the 

 estimated Expenditure. As in the case, however, of the Volume 

 for 1899, the Council feel assured that the Fellows will agree that 



