1871.] 



Number of Fellows. 



57 



On the motion of Mr. De La Rue, seconded by Colonel Walker, and 

 supported by the Astronomer Royal, it was resolved, — " That the thanks 

 of the Society be returned to the President for his Address, and for the 

 admirable and dignified manner in which he has presided over the Society ; 

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



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

 been read, and Mr. Caesar Hawkins and Admiral Ommaney 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.— George Biddell Airy, C.B., M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., 

 Astronomer Royal. 



Treasurer. — William Spottiswoode, M.A. 



o . f William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D. 



secretaries. | G&hlie \ Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



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



Other Members of the Council. — George James Allman, M.D. ; John 

 Ball, M.A. ; George Burrows, M.D. ; Mr. George Busk, P.R.C.S. ; Pro- 

 fessor Robert Bellamy Clifton, M.A. ; Heinrich Debus, Ph.D. ; Professor 

 Peter Martin Duncan, M.B. ; Professor George Carey Foster, B.A. ; Mr. 

 Francis Galton ; Thomas Archer Hirst, Ph.D. ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart. ; 

 Sir James Paget, Bart., D.C.L.; The Earl of Rosse, D.C.L. ; General Sir 

 E. Sabine, R.A., K.C.B. ; Isaac Todhunter, M.A. ; Sir Charles Wheat- 

 stone, D.C.L. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the Scrutators. 



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

 with respect to the number of Fellows : — 





Patron 



and 

 Royal. 



Foreign. 



Cora- 

 pounders. 



£4 

 yearly. 



Total. 



November 30, 18/0. 



3 



50 



281 



2G3 



597 



Since elected 



+ 1 





+ 7 



+ 9 



+ 17 



Since compounded . . 







+ 1 



— 1 





Since deceased .... 





— 1 



-11 



. -7 



-19 



November 30, 1871. 



4 



l 



49 



278 



264 



595 



VOL. XX. 



