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£44 5s. Od. less than last year. The total expenditure during the year was 

 £726 5s. 10d., thus exceeding the income by £240 16s. 4d. The sum of 

 £663 6s. 5d. was expended solely on printing, illustrating, binding, and distri- 

 bution. Now that the Society's balance has been reduced, it is obviously 

 necessary for the immediate future to revert to the publication of volumes con- 

 taining only the normal number of plates. 



During the past year the Society has again sustained serious losses, and the 

 Council have to deplore the death of their Treasurer, Mr. Robert Etheridge, which 

 occurred in December. Mr. Etheridge had filled the office of Treasurer since 1885, 

 and the loss of his genial presence is a cause of much sadness to his colleagues. 

 Among other deaths may be specially mentioned those of Dr. Gatty, who served 

 for many years on the Council, and of Mr. William Vicary, who was one of the 

 oldest members of the Society. The Council have had the pleasure of enrolling a 

 few new active members ; but the Society still lacks the support of several of the 

 younger students of fossils, on whose adherence the future prosperity of its work 

 depends. 



Thanks are due to the Geological Society for permission both to store the stock 

 of back volumes and to hold the Council meetings and the annual General Meeting 

 in their apartments. 



The lamented death of Mr. Etheridge in December necessitated the appoint- 

 ment of a new Treasurer, and the Council were glad to be able to secure the 

 ml i uteri in assistance of Dr. George J. Hinde, F.R.S., who undertook the duties of 

 the vacant office, and is now recommended to the Society for election to it. There 

 being already two vacancies in the list of the Council according to its original 

 constitution, it is only necessary for three members to retire. It is proposed that 

 these be Professor Boyd Dawkins, Dr. Wheelton Hind, and Dr. D. H. Scott ; and 

 that the new members be Bishop Mitchinson, Rev. G. F. Whidborne, and 

 Messrs. W. H. Hudleston, T. Leighton, and A. Strahan ; that the President be 

 Dr. Henry Woodward; the new Vice-President, Mr. Hudleston; the Treasurer, 

 Dr. Hinde ; and the Secretary, Dr. A. Smith Woodward. 



Annexed is the Balance-sheet. 



