﻿ANNUAL 
  GENERAL 
  MEETING, 
  

  

  February 
  15, 
  1889. 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blanford, 
  F.R.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Report 
  oe 
  the 
  Council 
  eor 
  1888. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  their 
  Report 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1888, 
  the 
  Council 
  have 
  

   again 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  congratulate 
  the 
  Fellows 
  upon 
  

   the 
  continuance 
  of 
  the 
  prosperity 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  The 
  Income 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society 
  was 
  considerably 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  1887, 
  so 
  that, 
  even 
  

   after 
  the 
  Investment 
  of 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  about 
  £160, 
  a 
  respectable 
  balance 
  

   remains 
  at 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  elected 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  68, 
  of 
  whom 
  49 
  

   paid 
  their 
  fees 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  making 
  with 
  3 
  previously 
  

   elected 
  Fellows, 
  who 
  paid 
  their 
  fees 
  in 
  1888, 
  and 
  2 
  Fellows 
  re- 
  

   admitted 
  without 
  payment 
  of 
  Entrance-fee, 
  a 
  total 
  accession 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  of 
  54 
  Fellows. 
  During 
  the 
  same 
  period, 
  however, 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  loss 
  by 
  death 
  (ascertained) 
  of 
  59 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  by 
  resig- 
  

   nation 
  of 
  15 
  Fellows, 
  while 
  23 
  Fellows 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  List 
  

   for 
  non-payment 
  of 
  their 
  annual 
  contributions, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  loss 
  

   of 
  97 
  Fellows. 
  There 
  is 
  thus 
  an 
  actual 
  decrease 
  of 
  43 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  This 
  diminution 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   accounted 
  for 
  by 
  two 
  items 
  : 
  — 
  (1) 
  the 
  deaths 
  include 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   28 
  Fellows 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  but 
  whose 
  decease 
  has 
  only 
  

   recently 
  been 
  ascertained 
  ; 
  (2) 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  names 
  removed 
  exceeds 
  

   the 
  average 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  five 
  years 
  by 
  16, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  having 
  

   carried 
  out 
  the 
  Bye-Laws 
  relating 
  to 
  arrears 
  more 
  strictly. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   59 
  Fellows 
  deceased, 
  8 
  were 
  Compounders, 
  17 
  Contributing 
  Fellows, 
  

   and 
  34 
  Non-contributing 
  Fellows. 
  Owing 
  to 
  7 
  Contributing 
  Fellows 
  

   having 
  compounded 
  for 
  their 
  subscriptions 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  Contributing 
  Fellows 
  is 
  reduced 
  by 
  8, 
  being 
  now 
  832. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows, 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  and 
  Foreign 
  

   Correspondents 
  was 
  1413 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1887, 
  and 
  1373 
  at 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  1888. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1887 
  there 
  were 
  3 
  vacancies 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  

   Foreign 
  Members, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1888 
  intelligence 
  

   was 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  2 
  Foreign 
  Members. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  

   4 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  were 
  elected. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1887 
  there 
  were 
  

   also 
  2 
  vacancies 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents, 
  and 
  the 
  

   filling 
  up 
  of 
  4 
  of 
  those 
  among 
  the 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  produced 
  in 
  all 
  

  

  