GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ANNUAL GENEBAL MEETING, FEB. 21, 1868. 



BEPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Geological Society, in presenting their Annual 

 Report to the Fellows, have more cause than usual to congratulate 

 them on the increasing prosperity of the Society, although the 

 monetary pressure of the last twelve months has produced a tem- 

 porary diminution of the receipts. 



During the year 1867 the numher of the Society has been in- 

 creased by the election of no less than 62 new Fellows ; of these, 55 

 had paid their fees up to the end of the year, making with 5 pre- 

 viously elected, who paid their fees in 1867, a total increase of 60 

 new Fellows. On the other hand, the Society has sustained the loss 

 of 22 Fellows by death and of 2 by resignation, making a net in- 

 crease of 36 ordinary Fellows. 



One Foreign Member has been elected in the place of one deceased, 

 and one Foreign Correspondent has been elected in place of the one 

 elected to fill the vacancy in the list of Foreign Members. 



The total number of the Society at the close of 1866 was 1149 ; 

 and at the close of 1867, 1185. 



The expenditure of the past year has exceeded the income by the 

 sum of <£18 Is. 8c?. This excess is less than might have been ex- 

 pected from the falling off in the receipts under the heads of Com- 

 positions and Annual Contributions ; but as this falling off is merely 

 the result of deferred payments, it is probable that the receipts of 

 the current year will show a corresponding increase. The number 

 of Contributing Fellows is now 469, and their annual payments 

 should reach the sum of <£900, whereas during the past year not 

 quite three-fourths of that amount was collected under the head of 

 Annual Contributions. 



The Expenditure has been somewhat increased by the volume of 

 the Quarterly Journal having been unusually bulky. The amount 



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