ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 
February 21st, 1902. 
J.J. Hargis Teatt, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
Report oF THE CounciL For 1901. 
Tux Society shared the general sorrow at the death of Her late 
Majesty, Queen Victoria. The President gave expression to the 
grief felt by the Fellows by adjourning the Meeting of January 
23rd, 1901, immediately after the formal business had been taken ; 
and at a later period the President and Council, on behalf of 
themselves and the Fellows, presented an Address to the King, 
expressing their sorrow for the death of the late Queen al 
welcoming His Majesty’s accession to the throne. The text of this 
Address will be found at p. lxxxvii of the Proceedings of the last 
Session. To this Address a gracious reply was received. 
The financial prosperity of the Society is again a matter for con- 
eratulation. The number of Fellows has undergone scarcely any 
change: 52 Fellows were elected (the same number as in 1899, 
but 7 less than in 1900), of whom 34 paid their Admission Fees 
before the end of the year. 17 Fellows who had been elected in 
the previous year paid their Admission Fees in 1901, the total 
accession of new Fellows during the past twelve months amounting 
therefore to 51. 
On the other hand, there was a total loss of 55 Fellows—36 by 
death, 13 by resignation, and 6 by removal from the List because 
of non-payment of their Annual Contributions. 
From the foregoing statistics it will be seen that the actual 
decrease in the number of Fellows is 4 (as compared with a 
decrease of 10 in 1900). 
Of the 36 Fellows deceased, 5 had compounded for their Annual 
Contributions, 25 were Contributing Fellows, aud 6 were Non- 
Contributing Fellows. On the other hand, 7 Fellows during 1901 
became Compounders. 
The total accession of Contributing Fellows is thus seen to be 
44 (51—7), and the total loss being also 44 (254+13+6), the 
number of Contributing Fellows during 1901 remained stationary, 
as compared with an increase of 1 in 1900 and of 12 in 1899. 
Turning uow to the Lists of Foreign Members and Foreign 
Correspondents, it may be recalled that, at the close of 1900, there 
Was one vacancy in the List of Foreign Correspondents. This 
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