1877.] 



Number of Fellows, 



451 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers were then 

 read, and Dr. Allman and Mr. Dunkin having been, with the consent of 

 the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes of the Fellows present were 

 collected, and the following were declared duly elected as Council and 

 Officers for the ensuing year : — 



President.— Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, C.B., M.D., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Treasurer. — "William Spottiswoode, M.A., LL.D. 



Secretaries I ^ ro ^ essor George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



1 Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Professor Alexander William "Williamson, Ph.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — Frederick A. Abel, C.B., V.P.C.S. ; 

 William Bowman, F.E.C.S. ; Frederick J. Bramwell, M.I.C.E. ; William 

 B. Carpenter, C.B.,M.D., D.C.L.; William Carruthers, F.L.S. ; William 

 Crookes, V.P.C.S. ; Prof. P. Martin Duncan, M.B., P.G.S. ; William 

 Farr, M.D., D.C.L. ; Prof. William H. Flower, F.E.C.S. ; Prof. G. Carey 

 Foster, B.A., F.C.S. ; John Eussell Hind, F.E.A.S. ; Lord Eayleigh, 

 M.A. ; Yice-Admiral Sir G. H. Bichards, C.B. ; Prof. Henry J. Stephen 

 Smith, M.A~; Prof. Balfour Stewart, M.A., LL.D. ; Prof. Allen Thom- 

 son, M.D., F.E.S.E. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Scrutators. 



The following Table shows the progress and present state of the Society 

 with respect to the number of Fellows : — 





Patron 



and 

 Eoyal. 



Foreign. 



Com- 

 pounders. 



£4: 



yearly. 



Total. 



November 30, 1876. 



4 



46 



253 



258 



561 



Elected 







+ 8 



+ 9 



+ 17 



Deceased 





- 3 



- 12 



- 11 



- 26 



Since compounded . . 







+ 3 



- 3 





November 30, 1877. 



4 



43 



252 



253 



552 



