Dr. J. Huntly, of the Indian Telegraph Office, Bushire, 

 Persian Gulf. 



Capt. George C. Musters, R.N., H.B.M. Consul, Mozam- 

 bique. 



Han-y Pryer, Esq., of Yokohama, Japan. 



Louis Schwendler, Esq., Superintendent Electrician to 

 the Government of India, Calcutta. 



George A. Shaw, Esq., of Betsileo, Madagascar, 



Professor J. B. Steere, of the University of Michigan, Ann 

 Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. 



Three Foreign Members were elected to fill vacancies 

 during the same period, namely : — 



Prof. Carl Gegenbaur, of Heidelberg. 

 Prof. Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup, of Copenhagen. 

 Dr. Alexander Strauch, Director of the Imperial Museum, 

 St. Petersburg. 



One Honorary Member only was elected in 1879, 

 namely : — 



His Excellency The Right Hon. Edward Robert, Lord 

 Lytton, G.C.B., Governor- General of India. 



2. State of the Finances. 



a. Income. 



As might have been anticipated, looking to the universal 

 depression in all matters of business \vhich continued to 

 prevail during the greater part of 1879, and which has 

 been already alluded to as affecting the number of new 

 Members elected, and to the rainy weather, which inter- 

 fered with the Garden-receipts, the Income of the Society 

 for the past year again shows a decrease, although not one 

 of a sei'ious character. The total Receipts for 1879 were 

 £26,463 3*. 6c?., against a corresponding sum of £27,944 

 6s. lie?, for 1878. The difference (£1481 3s. 5d.) is 

 mainly due to the falling off in the Garden-receipts, 

 which were less by £1300 19^. in 1879 than in 1878. But 

 the Council have n^o reason to believe that this decrease is 

 to be regarded otherwise than as of a temporary character, 

 entirely attributable to the cause above mentioned. That 

 this is the case is fully evidenced by the more favourable 



