﻿ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 17th, 1905. 



J. E. Marr, Sc.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Report oe the Council for 1904. 



The Society continues in a generally-flourishing condition, although 

 there is a small decrease in the total Number of Fellows. During 

 the year under review 46 Eellows were elected (the same number 

 as in 1903, and 2 less than in 1902), of whom 31 paid their 

 Admission-Fees before the end of the year. Moreover, 13 Fellows, 

 who had been elected in the previous year, paid their Admission- 

 Fees in 1904, the total accession of new Fellows during the past 

 twelve months amounting, therefore, to 44 (5 less than in 1903). 



Setting against this number a loss of 47 Fellows (28 by death, 

 13 by resignation, and 6 by removal from the List, under Bye- 

 Laws, Sect. VI, Art. 5), it will be seen that there is a decrease in 

 the Number of Fellows of 3 (as compared with a decrease of 4 in 

 1903, and an increase of 6 in 1902). 



This brings the total number of Fellows down to 1251, made up 

 as follows : — Compounders, 281 ; Contributing Fellows, 934 (4 more 

 than in both 1903 and 1902) ; and Non-Contributing Fellows, 36. 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, we have to deplore the loss of two of the former 

 in 1904 (Prof. F. A. Fouque and Prof. K. A. von Zittel), and also 

 that of one Foreign Correspondent (Prof. C. E. Beecher). The 

 vacancies thus created (as well as two in the List of Foreign 

 Correspondents left over from 1903) were rilled by the transfer of 

 Prof. J. P. Iddings and Prof. H. F. Osborn from the list of 

 Correspondents to that of Members, and by the election of Prof. 

 W. B. Clark, Prof. E. D. von Drygalski, Prof. G. de Lorenzo, the 

 Hon. Frank Springer, and Prof. H. S. Washington as Foreign 

 Correspondents. 



With regard to the Income and Expenditure of the Society during 

 the past year, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 may be summarized as follows : — 



The total Receipts, including the Balance of £192 6s. lid. brought 

 forward from the previous year, amounted to .£3187 3s. 9dL, being 

 £66 18s. lOd. more than the estimated Income. 



The total Expenditure during the same period amounted to 

 £2777 16s. 2d., being £150 Is. lOd. less, than the estimated 

 Expenditure for the year. 



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