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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



If arranged according to the number of subscribers the list would be as follows ; 



1 Sweden .. 



2. England.. 



3. Germany . 



4. Norway .. 



5. Italy 



6. France . . . 



7. Holland . . 



8. America .. 



9. Austria... 



10. Turkey... 



11. Russia 



12. Denmark. 

 l;5. Finland .. 

 14. India 



142 



84 

 80 

 62 

 48 

 41 

 39 

 39 

 30 

 28 

 26 

 19 

 13 

 11 



15. Switzerland 

 1(5. P:gypt 



17. Persia 



18. Portugal . . 



19. Belgium 



20. Japan 



21. Spain 



22. Siam 



23. Greece 



24. Abyssinia .. 



25. Brazil 



26. Colombia .. 



27. Servia 



28. Roumania .. 



If arranged according to the number of members present the order would be: 



1. Sweden 



2. Germany .. 



3. Eugland... 



4. Austria 



5. France 



6. Denmark.. 



7. Russia 



8. Holland . . . 



9. America... 



10. Finland ... 



11. Italy 



12. Norway (?). 



13. Turkey.... 



14. India 



142 



60 

 58 

 25 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 15 

 11 

 9 

 6 



15. Persia 



16. Egypt 



17. Portugal .. . 



18. Switzerland 



19. Japan , 



20. Greece 



21. Belgium 



22. Siam 



23. Abyssinia .. 



24. Brazil 



25. Colombia... 



26. Servia 



27. Roumania .. 



28. Spain 



Comparing these tignres with those of the preceding Oriental congresses it would 

 seem that there is an increase of devotion to Oriental studies among European schol- 

 ars. At the Seventh Congress, held at Vienna in 1880, there were 414 subscribers 

 and 228 members present; at the Sixth Congress, held at Leyden in 1883, there were 

 4.53 subscribers and 219 members present ; at the Fifth Congress, held at Berlin in 

 1881, there were 296 subscribers and 189 members present. 



The following table indicates the number of subscribers and members present at 

 each of the eight international congresses of Orientalists: 



Eighty-nine /orefi/H members attended. 



t Not recorded. 



The increased interest is even more marked on the part of Americans. To the 

 Vienna congress there were eleven American subscribers of whom live (Briggs, Le- 

 land, S. A. Smith, Thatcher, and Whitehouse) were present. To the Stockholm 

 congress there were forty American subscribers, of whom sixteen were present. A 

 list of the American subscribers is herewith subjoined : 



