ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 20th, 1903. 



Prof. Chakles Lapworth, LL.D,, F.B.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Beport op the Council for 1902. 



The Society continues to be in a generally nourishing condition. 

 The Number of Fellows has undergone but little change : during 

 the past year 48 Fellows were elected (4 less than in 1901, and 11 

 less than in 1900), of whom 30 paid their Admission Fees before 

 the end of the year. Moreover, 18 Fellows, who had been elected 

 in the previous year, paid their Admission Fees in 1902, the total 

 accession of new Fellows during the past twelve months amounting 

 therefore to 48. 



Deducting from this a loss of 42 Fellows (20 by death, 11 by 

 resignation, and 11 by removal from the List, under Bye-Laws, 

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

 number of Fellows of 6 (as compared with a decrease of 4 in 1901, 

 and 10 in 1900). 



This brings the total number of Fellows up to 1258, made up 

 as follows : — Compounders 289, Contributing Fellows 930, Non- 

 Contributing Fellows 39. 



Turning now to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents, it is a matter for congratulation that there has 

 been no vacancy during the year among the Foreign Members. 

 Two deaths, however, have to be recorded among the Foreign 

 Correspondents (namely, Prof. A. Hyatt aud Major J. W. Powell), 

 making with 2 places remaining unfilled at the end of 1901 

 4 vacancies. Of these 3 have been filled by the election of Prof. T. 

 C. Chamberlin, Dr. Th. Thoroddsen, and Prof. S. W. Williston, 

 leaving one place still vacant. 



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 Beceipts, including the Balance of £403 12s. 3d. 

 brought forward from the previous year, amounted to £3439 16s. 3d., 

 being £81 more than the estimated Income. 



The total Expenditure during 1902 (exclusive of the sum of £250 

 invested in Natal Government 3 per Cent. Stock) amounted to 

 £3128 8s. Id., being £73 4s. 7d. more than the estimated Expendi- 

 ture for that year. 



The Estimates laid before the Fellows at the last Annual General 

 Meeting were exceeded chiefly in the case of the Library (£66 Is. 5d.)', 

 the List of Geological Literature (£17 10s. 0d.), and the Quarterly 

 Journal (£69 4s. 0d.). On the other hand, the Expenditure incurred 



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