32 



Number of Fellows. 



[Nov. 30, 



On the motion of General Smythe, seconded by Colonel Yorke, it was 

 resolved, — " That the thanks of the Society be returned to the President 

 for his Address, and that he be requested to allow it to be printed." 



The Statutes relating to the election of the Council and Officers having 

 been read, and Dr. Gladstone and Dr. George Harley 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.— Sic George Biddell Airy, K.C.B., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 (Astronomer Eoyal). 



Treasurer. — "William Spottiswoode, M.A. 



Secretaries.— { ProL Geor ^ e Gabriel Stokes ' M * A " D - C ' L " LL JX 

 \ Prof. Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof. "William Hallowes Miller, M.A., LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — George James Allman, M.D. ; Sir B. C. 

 Brodie, Bart., M.A., D.C.L. ; George Busk, F.E.C.S. ; Prof. Eobert Bel- 

 lamy Clifton, M.A. ; James Fergusson, D.C.L. ; Thomas Archer Hirst, 

 Ph.D.; J.Dalton Hooker, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D.; Joseph Prestwich, F.G.S.; 

 Eear-Admiral G. H. Bichards, C.B. ; Prof. H. Enfield Eoscoe, B.A., 

 Ph.D. ; Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A. ; "William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. ; 

 Francis Sibson, M.D. ; Major-Gen. E. Strachey, E.E., C.S.I. ; Isaac 

 Todhunter, M.A. ; Sir Charles "Wheatstone, D.C.L. 



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. 



M 

 yearly. 



Total. 



November 30, 1871. 



4 



49 



278 



264 



595 



Since elected 







+ 6 



+ 10 



+ 16 



Since compounded . . 







+ 2 



-2 





Since deceased .... 





— 1 



-8 



-14 



-23 



Defaulter 









-1 



-1 



November 30, 1872. 



4 



48 



278 



257 



587 



