ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



February 20th, 1920. 



GtEokge William Lamplugh, F.R S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Report of the Council eor 1919. 



Duping the year under review, 81 new Fellows were elected into 

 the Society (49 more than in 191S). Of the Fellows elected in 

 1919, 64 paid their Admission Fees before the end of that year, 

 and of the Fellows who had been elected in the previous year 

 7 paid their Admission Fees in 1919, making the total accession of 

 new Fellows during the past year amount to 71 (39 more than in 

 1918). 



Allowing for the loss of 56 Fellows (7 resigned, 32 deceased, and 

 17 removed), it will be seen that there is an increase of 15 in the 

 number of Fellows (as compared with a decrease of 33 in 1918). 



The total number of Fellows (including 3 Fellows reinstated) 

 is, therefore, at present 1207, made up as follows : — Compounders 

 208 (5 less than in 1918) ; Contributing Fellows 986 (24 more 

 than in 1918) ; and Non- Contributing Fellows 13 (1 less than 

 in 1918). 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, the Council announces with regret the loss 

 during the past year of Dr. Paul Choffat and Dr. Francisco P. 

 Moreno, Foreign Correspondents. These losses increase the 

 number of vacancies in the List of Foreign Correspondents to 

 twelve, while the vacancies in the List of Foreign Members amount 

 to six. 



With regard to the Income and Fxpenditure of the Society 

 during 1919, the figures set forth in detail in the Balance-Sheet 

 may be summarized as follows : — The actual Receipts (excluding 

 the Balance of £107 17s. tid. brought forward from the previous 

 year, and also a grant of £100 made by the Royal Society) 

 amounted to £3431 16s. 7d., being £659 15s. Id. more than 

 the estimated Income. This is due to the fact that the sums 

 received in respect of Admission Fees, Compositions, and Annual 

 Contributions greatly exceeded the Estimates. 



On the other hand, the Expenditure during the same year 

 amounted to £3159 14s. 5d., being £290 19s. 5d. more than 

 the estimated Expenditure (this includes the sum of £109 18s. 5d. 

 paid in respect of Vol. LXXV of the Journal), and the year 

 closed with a Balance in hand of £376 13s. Hd. 



The financial prosperity of the Society is, however, more apparent 

 than real, as much expenditure remains to be incurred in respect of 



