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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 



February 19, 1887. 



Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Report op the Council por 1886. 



In presenting their Report for the year 1886, the Council of the 

 Geological Society have much pleasure in once more congratulating 

 the Fellows upon the prosperous state of the Society, although they 

 have not to announce any increase in the total number of Fellows. 

 But the Income of the Society has been larger and the Expenditure 

 less than in the year 1885, so that notwithstanding the Investment 

 of a sum of ,£250, the Balance in the Society's favour shows a con- 

 siderable increase. 



The number of Fellows elected during the year is 41, of whom 30 

 paid their fees before the end of the year, making with 16 previously 

 elected Fellows, who paid their fees in 1886, a total accession 

 during the year of 46 Fellows. Against this we have to set the 

 loss by death of 28 Fellows, and by resignation of 10 Fellows, while 

 10 Fellows were removed from the List for non-payment of their 

 contributions, making a total loss of 48 Fellows. There is thus an 

 actual decrease of 2 in the number of Fellows of the Society. Of the 

 28 Fellows deceased, 5 were Compounders, and 6 non-contributing 

 Fellows ; the number of contributing Fellows is increased by 2, 

 being now 833. 



The total number of Fellows, Foreign Members and Foreign 

 Correspondents was 1425 at the end of the year 1885, and 1423 at 

 the close of 1886. 



At the end of 1885 there was one vacancy in the List of Foreign 

 Members, and this was filled up in the course of 1886. During the 

 year, intelligence was received of the decease of one Foreign Mem- 

 ber. The List of Foreign Correspondents also showed one vacancy 

 at the end of 1885, and intelligence was received in 1886 of the 

 decease of another Foreign Correspondent. This loss, with the 

 rilling up of the vacancy among the Foreign Members, caused in all 

 3 vacancies in the List of Foreign Correspondents, two of which were 

 filled up within the year. Thus at the close of the year 1886 

 there was one vacancy in the list of Foreign Members, and one in 

 that of Foreign Correspondents. 



