ANNUAL  GENERAL  MEETING , 
February  17th,  1893. 
W.  tL.  Hudlestox,  Esq.,  IT. A.,  F.R.S.,  President,  in  the  Chair. 
Report  op  the  Council  por  1892. 
While  the  Council  are  once  more  in  a  position  to  congratulate  the 
Fellows  on  the  very  satisfactory  condition  of  the  Society’s  finances, 
they  feel  it  is  their  duty  to  point  out  that,  for  the  first  time  since 
1888,  the  number  of  Fellows,  instead  of  increasing,  has  slightly 
diminished. 
The  number  of  Fellows  elected  during  the  past  year  was  40,  of 
whom  33  paid  their  fees  before  the  end  of  the  year,  making, 
with  18  previously  elected  Fellows  who  paid  their  fees  in  1892, 
a  total  accession  in  the  course  of  the  twelvemonth  of  51  Fellows. 
During  the  same  period,  however,  there  was  a  total  loss  of 
70  Fellows — 38  by  death,  15  by  resignation,  14  removed  from  the 
list  for  non-payment  of  their  Annual  Contributions,  and  3  (2  of 
whom  were  non-Contributors  and  1  was  a  Compounder)  removed 
from  the  list  after  having  remained  thereon  for  many  years  without 
any  known  address. 
The  actual  decrease  in  the  number  of  Fellows  is,  therefore,  19. 
Of  the  38  Fellows  deceased,  6  were  Compounders,  24  were  Con¬ 
tributing  Fellow’s,  and  8  were  non- Contributing  Fellows. 
On  the  other  hand,  in  1892,  6  Fellows  compounded  for  their 
Annual  Contributions. 
From  the  above  figures  it  will  be  seen  that,  in  the  number  of 
Contributing  Fellows,  the  actual  decrease  is  8,  making  a  total  of 
896  Contributing  Fellows,  as  compared  with  904  at  the  end  of  the 
previous  year. 
The  total  number  of  Fellows,  Foreign  Members,  and  Foreign 
Correspondents,  which,  on  December  31st,  1891,  had  been  1418, 
stood  at  1400  on  the  last  day  of  1892. 
