386 



Anniversary Meeting. 



[Nov. 30, 



The Statutes relating to the election of Council and Officers were 

 then read, and Sir Erasmus Onimaney and Mr. Stainton having been, 

 with the consent of the Society, nominated Scrutators, the votes of 

 the Fellows present were taken, and the following were declared duly 

 elected as Council and Officers for the ensuing year : — 



President. — Professor George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Treasurer.— John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D. 



f Professor Michael Foster, M.A., M.D. 

 1 The Lord Rayleigh, M.A., D.C.L. 



Secretaries, 



Foreign Secretary*— Professor Alexander William "Williamson, LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. 



Professor Robert B. Clifton, M.A. ; Professor George Howard 

 Darwin, M.A., LL.D. ; W. T. Thiselton Dyer, MA. ; Professor David 

 Ferrier, M.A. ; Edward Frankland, D.C.L. ; Arthur Gamgee, M.D. ; 

 Archibald Geikie, LL.D. ; Professor Joseph Henry Gilbert, M.A. ; 

 John Hopkinson, M.A., D.Sc; J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.A.S. ; Sir 

 Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., LL.D. ; Professor Bartholomew Price, M.A. ; 

 Professor Pritchard, M.A. ; Admiral Sir George Henry Richards, 

 K.C.B.; Professor Arthur Schuster, Ph.D.; Philip Lutley Sclater, 

 M.A. 



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 

 Royal. 



Foreign. 



Com- 

 pounders. 



£4 

 yearly. 



£3 

 yearly. 



Total. 



Nov. 30, 1885 



5 



45 



196 



182 



87 



515 



Since Elected 





+ 4 



+ 3 



+ 1 



+ 13 



+ 21 



Since Withdrawn 









- 1 





- 1 



Since Deceased . . 







— 7 



- 10 





- 17 



Nov. 30, 1886 .. 



5 



49 



192 



172 



100 



518 



