ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 16th, 1900. 



W. Whitakee, B.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Report of the Council eor 1899. 



The upward tendency in the number of Fellows and the financial 

 prosperity of the Society, which it has been the pleasant duty of the 

 Council to record in many successive annual reports, were steadily 

 maintained during 1899. So far the state of public affairs does not 

 appear to have reacted, to any noticeable extent, upon the sources 

 from which the Society derives its income. 



During the past twelve months 52 Fellows were elected into the 

 Society (exactly the same number as in 1898), of whom 45 paid 

 their Admission Fees before the end of the year. Moreover, 11 

 Fellows, who had been elected in the previous year paid their 

 Admission Fees in 1899, the total accession of new Fellows during 

 the year under review amounting, therefore, to 56. 



On the other hand, there was a total loss of 51 Fellows during the 

 past twelve months — 25 by death, 17 by resignation, and 9 by 

 removal from the List because of non-payment of their Annual 

 Contributions. 



From the foregoing statistics it will be seen that the actual 

 increase in the number of Fellows is 5. 



Of the 25 Fellows deceased, 7 had compounded for their Annual 

 Contributions, 14 were Contributing Fellows, and 4 were Non- 

 Contriburing Fellows. On the other hand, 4 Fellows during the 

 year became Compounders. 



The total accession of Contributing Fellows is thus seen to be 

 52 (56-4), and the total loss being 40 (14 + 17 + 9), the increase 

 in the number of Contributing Fellows during 1899 is 12, as com- 

 pared with an increase of 13 in 1898. 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, it may be remembered that, at the end of 1898, 



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