﻿ANNUAL 
  REPORT. 
  1 
  5 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  GENERAL 
  MEETING, 
  

  

  February 
  17, 
  1882. 
  

  

  Robert 
  Etheridge, 
  Esq., 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Report 
  oe 
  the 
  Council 
  eor 
  1881. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  their 
  Report 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1881, 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  regret 
  that 
  they 
  cannot 
  announce 
  to 
  the 
  Fellows 
  

   a 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  apparent 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society's 
  affairs 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  the 
  gratification 
  of 
  indicating 
  in 
  

   their 
  last 
  year's 
  Report. 
  The 
  cause 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  doubtless 
  to 
  be 
  traced 
  

   to 
  the 
  continued 
  depression 
  prevailing 
  in 
  all 
  departments 
  of 
  business, 
  

   leading 
  to 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  a 
  smaller 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  to 
  

   non-payment 
  of 
  their 
  subscriptions 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  

   of 
  Fellows 
  than 
  usual. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  Fellows 
  elected 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  51, 
  of 
  

   whom 
  44 
  paid 
  their 
  fees 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  making, 
  with 
  

   9 
  previously 
  elected 
  Fellows 
  who 
  paid 
  their 
  fees 
  in 
  1881, 
  a 
  total 
  

   accession 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  only 
  53 
  Fellows. 
  Against 
  this 
  we 
  

   have 
  to 
  set 
  the 
  loss 
  by 
  death 
  of 
  29 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  by 
  resignation 
  of 
  

   7 
  Fellows, 
  whilst 
  5 
  Fellows 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  list 
  for 
  non- 
  

   payment 
  of 
  contributions, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  loss 
  of 
  41 
  Fellows. 
  On 
  

   the 
  year, 
  therefore, 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  12 
  Fellows. 
  Rut 
  of 
  

   the 
  29 
  Fellows 
  deceased, 
  8 
  were 
  compounders 
  and 
  10 
  non-contri- 
  

   buting 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  thus 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  contributing 
  Fellows 
  is 
  

   actually 
  increased 
  by 
  22, 
  being 
  now 
  791. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  and 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  and 
  Corre* 
  

   spondents 
  was 
  1432 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1880, 
  and 
  1443 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  1881. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1881 
  intelligence 
  was 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  

   2 
  Foreign 
  Members. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  vacancies 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  Foreign 
  

   Members 
  was 
  filled 
  up 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  Foreign 
  Mem- 
  

   ber 
  has 
  been 
  elected 
  since 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1881. 
  One 
  Foreign 
  Corre- 
  

   spondent 
  was 
  also 
  elected 
  in 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  advanced 
  to 
  the 
  

   higher 
  rank, 
  and 
  there 
  remains 
  a 
  single 
  vacancy 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   Foreign 
  Correspondents. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  Receipts 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  Income 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1881 
  were 
  

   .£2591 
  195. 
  7d., 
  being 
  £87 
  9s. 
  lie?, 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  estimated 
  Income 
  

   for 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  total 
  Expenditure, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  including 
  

   the 
  cost 
  of 
  producing 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Library. 
  

  

  