ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1915. 



READ AND ADOPTED AT THE 



ANNUAL GENEBAL MEETING, 



HELD AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BURLINGTON HOUSE, 



24th MARCH, 19K). 



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



IN THE CHAIR. 



The Council, in presenting its Sixty -ninth Annual Report, regrets that the 

 unfortunate circumstances of the time have again hindered the usual progress of 

 the Society's work. The volume for 1915 will be larger than that of the previous 

 year, with an increased number of plates, and will contain another instalment of 

 Mr. W. K. Spencer's Monograph of Palaeozoic Asterozoa and the first part of a 

 new Monograph of Wealden and Pnrbeck Fishes by Dr. A. Smith Woodward; 

 but it will still be smaller than usual, and its publication is delayed at least until 

 the autumn of 1916. The Council, however, has reason to anticipate that, as soon 

 as normal times return, the contributions offered will become as numerous and 

 varied as heretofore, and the deficiency in published matter will be made up by 

 a larger annual issue. 



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The delay and diminution of the volumes for 1914 and 1915 have again made 

 the analysis of the balance-sheet difficult; but it maybe noted that the income 

 exceeded the expenditure by nearly £120. Most of the accumulated balance 

 which will be needed for the anticipated publications of the immediate future, 

 remains on deposit, but the Council resolved to invest part of this sum in the 

 purchase of £200 War Loan at a cost of £199 6s. 8d. 



