466 Lieut-Gen. Strachey. Effect of the Limitation [May 12, 



The oldest survivor of tlie Fellows elected since 1848, who alone 

 are dealt with in this table, was 86 years of age in 1891. 



The average age at election was 43* 9, and the average age of all 

 the Fellows in 1891 was 58'4. 



Table III records the numbers of Ordinary Fellows elected in each 

 year, and remaining alive in each year after election, until 1891. 



From this it will be seen that during the last ten years the 

 numbers have increased by 46 ; in the previous ten years the increase 

 was 08, or 22 more ; and in the ten years still earlier the increase was 

 111, or 43 more than the last. If the decrease of growth for the ten 

 years after 1890, takes place in a similar ratio to that which took 

 place between 1870-80 and 1880-90, we might anticipate an in- 

 crease of only 11 up to 1,900, or probably a smaller number. 



In order to obtain a satisfactory comparison between the lives of 

 the Fellows, and those of the general population as shown in the 

 accepted life tables, I have calculated, from the known ages of the 

 Fellows, at election, and the known dates of the deaths that have 

 occurred among them, the average age of the Fellows remaining alive 

 in each year. From these ages I have computed, from Dr. Farr'sr 

 tables, the probable number of Fellows that would survive from year 

 to year, assuming the initial number to be 15. 



From Table III, above referred to, have been ascertained, the 

 number of Fellows surviving in each successive year after election^ 

 and thence has been obtained the average number surviving from an 

 initial number 15. 



The results of these computations will be found in Table IV. 



The second column in this table shows the number of lives dealt 

 with for each year after election. The first entry 645, is the total 

 number of Fellows elected in the whole 43 years. The next column 

 to the right gives their aggregate ages, and the next their average 

 age 44 - 9, in their first year. Following the same line to the right, we 

 find the average number of Fellows elected, and in their first year. 



Passing to the second line of the table, 619, immediately below 

 645, is the total number of Fellows remaining in their second year 

 from the elections of 42 years; this is succeeded, in the columns to 

 the right, by their aggregate ages in their , second year, and their 

 average age, and the average number in their second year, out of 15 T 

 the average number elected. 



The third line gives the same data for the third year of Fellow- 

 ship, and so on throughout, the last line but one showing that in 

 their 42nd year there remained 6 Fellows from the elections of 2 years, 

 with an aggregate age of 444 years, and an average age of 74'0 ; the 

 average number surviving in their 42nd year, out of the 15 elected,, 

 being 3. 



The sixth column of the table gives the successive sums of the 



