﻿ANNUAL 
  REPORT. 
  9 
  

  

  6 
  vacancies 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents, 
  5 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   filled 
  up 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  Thus, 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1888, 
  

   there 
  was 
  1 
  vacancy 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  of 
  theSo 
  ciety, 
  

   and 
  1 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  its 
  Foreign 
  Correspondents. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  Receipts 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  Income 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1888 
  

   were 
  .£2866 
  16s. 
  10d., 
  being 
  <£339 
  15s. 
  6d. 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  estimated 
  

   Income 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  current 
  Expenditure 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  

   leaving 
  out 
  of 
  account 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  <£159 
  9s. 
  2d. 
  expended 
  in 
  the 
  

   purchase 
  of 
  <£164 
  7s. 
  3d. 
  Consolidated 
  2| 
  per 
  cent. 
  Stock, 
  was 
  =£2580 
  

   6s. 
  lid., 
  being 
  £69 
  6s. 
  lid. 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  Estimate. 
  The 
  actual 
  

   excess 
  of 
  Eeceipts 
  over 
  Expenditure 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   .£286 
  9s. 
  lid, 
  and 
  the 
  Balance 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  to 
  £248 
  

   12s. 
  5d. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  announcement 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

   Council 
  for 
  1887, 
  the 
  Council 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  (on 
  March 
  14, 
  

   1888) 
  appointed 
  a 
  Committee 
  to 
  consider 
  whether 
  any, 
  and 
  what, 
  

   alterations 
  in 
  the 
  Bye-Laws 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  were 
  necessary 
  or 
  desir- 
  

   able. 
  The 
  Committee, 
  which 
  consisted 
  of 
  the 
  President, 
  with 
  5 
  

   Members 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  and 
  5 
  Fellows 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  

   Council, 
  met 
  several 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  formu- 
  

   lated 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  suggested 
  alterations. 
  Their 
  final 
  

   Report 
  was 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  Session 
  on 
  7th 
  November, 
  1888, 
  discussed 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  suc- 
  

   ceeding 
  Meetings, 
  and 
  finally, 
  on 
  the 
  5th 
  December, 
  1888, 
  referred 
  

   to 
  the 
  Society's 
  Solicitor, 
  with 
  instructions 
  to 
  submit 
  it 
  to 
  an 
  Equity 
  

   Draughtsman, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  legal 
  opinion 
  upon 
  the 
  alter- 
  

   ations 
  proposed, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  forms 
  to 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  carrying 
  

   them 
  into 
  operation. 
  Counsel's 
  suggestions 
  having 
  been 
  considered 
  

   by 
  the 
  Council 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  January 
  1889, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   adopted, 
  the 
  existing 
  Bye-Laws 
  and 
  the 
  proposed 
  alterations 
  were 
  

   ordered 
  to 
  be 
  printed 
  and 
  sent 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  Fellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  January 
  the 
  requisite 
  notice 
  was 
  given 
  from 
  the 
  

   Chair 
  at 
  the 
  Ordinary 
  Evening 
  Meeting. 
  The 
  Special 
  General 
  

   Meeting 
  for 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  alterations 
  proposed 
  will 
  be 
  called 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  necessary 
  formalities 
  have 
  been 
  gone 
  through. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  September 
  last 
  the 
  International 
  Geological 
  

   Congress 
  held 
  its 
  fourth 
  Meeting 
  in 
  London, 
  when 
  the 
  Society's 
  

   House 
  was 
  visited 
  by 
  many 
  Foreign 
  Geologists, 
  several 
  of 
  whom 
  

   passed 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  Collections. 
  During 
  the 
  Meeting 
  the 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  held 
  a 
  reception 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  very 
  

   largely 
  attended, 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  cause 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  the 
  

   visitors. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  have 
  to 
  announce 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  Vol. 
  XLIY., 
  

   and 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  Yol. 
  XLV. 
  of 
  the 
  Society's 
  Quarterly 
  

   Journal. 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  have 
  awarded 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Medal 
  to. 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  G. 
  

   Bonney, 
  D.Sc, 
  F.R.S., 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  services 
  

   rendered 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  Geological 
  Science, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Petrology. 
  

  

  