ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 19th, 1892. 

 Sir Archibald Geijeib, D.Sc.,LL.D.,F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



E/EPOET OE THE CoUNCIL EOR 1891. 



This year, as last, the Council are happily enabled to congratulate 

 the Fellows on the continued prosperity of the Society and the 

 perfectly satisfactory condition of its finances. 



The number of Fellows elected during 1891 was 63, of whom 

 43 paid their fees before the end of the year, making with 19 

 previously elected Fellows who paid their fees in 1891, a total 

 accession in the course of the year of 62 Fellows. 



During the same period, however, there was a total loss of 

 50 Fellows — 28 by death, 14 by resignation, and 8 removed from 

 the list for non-payment of their Annual Contributions, 



The actual increase in the number of Fellows is, therefore, 12. 



Of the 28 Fellows deceased, 6 were Compounders, 18 Contributing 

 Fellows, and 4 non-Contributing Fellows. 



On the other hand, in 1891 5 Fellows compounded for their 

 Annual Contributions, and 1 non-resident Fellow became a con- 

 tributor. 



From the above figures it will be seen that in the number of 

 Contributing Fellows the increase is 18. The total number of Con- 

 tributing Fellows, which on Dec. 31st, 1890, was 886, had therefore 

 become 904 on Dec. 31st, 1891. 



The total number of Fellows, Foreign Members, and Foreign 

 Correspondents was at the same dates respectively 1405 and 1418. 



It may be remembered that at the end of 1890 there was one 

 vacancy in the list of Foreign Members and there were two vacan- 

 cies in the list of Foreign Correspondents. 



In the course of the following vear 2 Foreign Members died, and 



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