ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1902. 



BEAD AND ADOPTED AT THE 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



HELD BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AT THEIE APARTMENTS IN 

 BURLINGTON HOUSE, JUNE 20th, 1902. 



Dii. HENRY WOODWARD, F.R.S., President, 



IN THE CHAIR. 



The Council, in presenting their Fifty-fiftli Annual Report, liave mucli 

 pleasure in recording tlie continued prosperity of tlie Society. The Treasurer's 

 financial statement is eminently satisfactory, and the original Monographs offered 

 to the Society for puhlication are as numerous and valuable as at any previous 

 period in its history. 



The income during the financial year amounted to £610 Is. 4d., and the total 

 expenditure was £488 19s. Id., leaving a balance of £121 2.^-. Sd. to be added to 

 the balance of £1005 19-s. 11(^ already standing to the Society's credit. The 

 surplus is due to the circumstance that the volume for the year was somewhat 

 smaller than usual, and contained eight plates for which most of the charges had 

 been paid many years before. A donation of £25 4<s., for which thanks are due 

 to the Rev. Gr. F. Whidborne, Vice-President, was also a welcome addition to the 

 funds. 



The Council have the gratification to announce that His Majesty the King has 

 graciously consented to continue the patronage which was accorded for so many 



