ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 

 February 19th, 1909. 



Prof. W. J. Sollas, LL.D., Sc.D., F.H.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Eepokx of the Council fob 1908. 



Although the past year was again marked by an increase in the- 

 Number of Fellows, this increase was small in comparison with 

 that recorded in the two previous years. In 1908 the Fellows 

 elected numbered 52 (as compared with 74 in 1907), and 37 of 

 these paid their Admission-Fees before the end of the year. More- 

 over, 15 Fellows who had been elected in the previous 3^ear paid 

 their Admission-Fees in 1908, making the total Accession of new 

 Fellows within the twelve mouths under review amount to 52. 



Setting against this number a loss of 47 Fellows (22 by death, 

 21 by resignation, and 4 by removal from the List, under Bye-Laws, 

 Sect. VI, Art. 5), it will be noted that there is an increase in the 

 Number of Fellows of 5 (as compared with an increase of 27 in 

 1907, and of 12 in 1906). 



The total Number of Fellows is thus increased to 1283, made 

 up as follows: — Compounders, 262 (4 less than in 1907); Con- 

 tributing Fellows, 994 (13 more than in 1907, and 48 more than 

 in 1906) ; and Non-Contributing Fellows, 27 (4 less than in 1907). 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, we have to deplore the loss of three illustrious 

 Foreign Members, Prof. A. de Lapparent, M. A. J. Gaudry, and 

 General J. F. N. Delgado. At the end of 1907 there had remained 

 two vacancies in the List of Foreign .Correspondents, which 

 were filled by the election of Dr. Feodor Cernysev and Prof. Hans 

 Schardt into that List ; but, at the end of 1908, there were still 

 three vacancies in the List of Foreign Members. 



With regard to the Income and Expenditure of the Society 

 during 1908, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 rnay be summarized as follows : — The actual lleceipts (excluding 

 the Balance of ,£168 17s. bcl. brought forward from the previous 

 year) amounted to =£3091 15s. 5d., being =£41 17s. 5d. more than the 

 estimated Income. On the other hand, the total Expenditure during 

 the same year amounted to =£3062 12s. 8d., being =£116 5s. M. 



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