ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 16th, 1894. 



W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Repokt op the Council eok 1893. 



In congratulating the Fellows on the prosperous condition of the 

 Society's finances, the Council desire at the same time to draw 

 attention to the fact that the decrease in the number of Fellows, 

 which began to make itself apparent in 1892, has continued during 

 1893. 



The number of Fellows elected into the Society in that year was 

 42, of whom 33 paid their fees before the end of ]893, making, 

 with 6 previously elected Fellows who paid their fees in 1893, a 

 total accession in the course of the twelvemonth of 39 Fellows. 



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

 85 Fellows — 42 by death, 16 by resignation, 16 removed from the 

 list for non-payment of their Annual Contributions, and 11 (9 of 

 whom were non-Contributors and 2 were Compounders) removed 

 from the list after having remained thereon for many years without 

 any known address. 



The actual decrease in the number of Fellows is, therefore, 46. 



Of the 42 -Fellows deceased, 10 were Compounders, 24 were Con- 

 tributing Fellows, and 8 were non-Contributing Fellows. 



On the other hand, in the twelvemonth under review, 6 Fellows 

 compounded for their Annual Contributions. 



From the above figures it will be gathered that the actual 

 decrease in the number of Contributing Fellows is 23, making a 

 total of 873 Contributing Fellows, 'as compared with 896 at the 

 end of the previous year, and 904 at the end of 1891. In calcu- 

 lating this decrease, the 11 removed from the list for want of 

 addresses are, of course, not included. 



The total number of Fellows, Foreign Members, and Foreign 

 Correspondents, which at the end of 1891 was 1418, and at the 

 end of 1892 was 1400, stood at 1353 on December 31st, 1893. 



