Annual Report. 



[Feb. 



the Viceroy, Babu BiiMJmohan Majumdar, Captain A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., 

 C.I.E., Mr. M. R. Mehta, Babu Manraohau Mukerjee, Mr. W. Orrell, The 

 Hon. Mr. J. D. Rees, C.I.E., Dr. A. Schulte im Hofe, Mr. W. Withall. 



According to the Bje-laws of the Society, the President ordered the 

 voting papers to be distributed for the election of officers and members of 

 Council for 1899 and appointed Mr. C. L. Griesbach, C.I.E., and Mr. W. 

 n. Miles to be Scrutineers. 



The Peesidext then called vipon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



y^NNUAL Report for 1898. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society liave the honour to submit the 

 following Report on the state and progress of the Society's affairs 

 during the past year : — 



Member List. 



During the year under review, 31 Ordinary Members wei'e elected, 

 9 withdrew, 7 died, 3 were removed from the list under Rule 40, being 

 more than three years absent from India. The total number of Mem- 

 bers at the close of 1898 was thus 300 against 283 at the eiid of the 

 preceding year ; of these 122 were Residents, 108 Non-Residents, 11 

 Foreign, 23 Life, 35 Absent from India, and 1 Special Non-Subsci ibiiig 

 Member, as will be seen from the following table which also shews the 

 fluctuations in the numbers of Ordinary Membeis during the past six 

 years. 



