650 



Hunter, Esq. having, with the consent of the Society, been nomi- 

 nated Scrutators to assist the Secretaries in examining the lists, the 

 votes of the Fellows present were collected. 



Major Gierke reported the following Gentlemen as being duly 

 elected Officers and Council for the ensuing year, viz. — 



President, — The Marquis of Northampton. 



Treasurer. — George Rennie, Esq. 



^ . . r Peter Mark Roget, M.D. 

 secretaries. ^^^^^^^^^ Hunter Christie, Esq., M.A. 



Foreign Secretary. — Lieut.-Col. Edward Sabine, R.A. 



Other Members of the Council. — William Thomas Brande, Esq.; 

 Samuel Cooper, Esq.; Charles Daubeny, M.D. ; Sir Henry De la 

 Beche; Edward Forbes, Esq.; Thomas Galloway, Esq., M.A.; Wil- 

 liam Robert Grove, Esq., M.A.; William Hopkins, Esq., M.A.; Leo- 

 nard Horner, Esq.; John Ayrton Paris, M.D.; George Richardson 

 Porter, Esq.; Rev. Baden Powell, M.A.; Sir John Richardson, M.D.; 

 William Henry Smyth, Capt. R.N.; Lieut.-Col. Sykes; Charles 

 Wheatstone, Esq. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Scrutators for their 

 trouble in examining the lists. 



The following is a statement of the Receipts and Expenditure 

 during the past year :~ 



Statement of the Receipts and Payments of the Royal Society between 

 Nov. 29, 1845, and Nov. 29, 1846. 



RECEIPTS. 



£ s. d. 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the last Audit . . 2076 11 10 

 Weekly Contributions, at one shilling ...... 52 



Quarterly Contributions at £1 1022 



1074 



25 Admission Fees 250 



4 Compositions for Annual Payments at £40 1 60 



2 Compositions for Annual Payments at £60 120 



One year's rent of estate at Mablethorpe: due 



at Michaelmas 1815 125 



7 wo years' Income Tax 7 6 



117 14 



Carried forward 



