xlviii Annual Address. [February, 1915. 
just made accessible to English readers by Judge Howard of 
Singapore. e have also an excellent edition of Abu Shuja 
with translation by Keijzer. These, taken along with the trea- 
tises of Juynboll, Kenu-de Hoogenwoerd and Snouck Hung- 
rouje must be deemed a quite respectable contribution of 
Dutch scholars to the study of Shafi Law. I shall not detain 
you with an enumeration of the contributions to the study of 
{slamic legal literature by Germany, Russia, and even Sweden, 
through the labours of scholars like Von Tornauw, Goldziher, 
Sachau, Kohler, Nauphal and D’Ohosson, all indispensable to 
the serious student of the various schools of Mahomedan Law 
investigated by them. I confess to a feeling of humiliation 
h 
midst of its executive and administrative preoccupations, may 
find time to take into consideration that most important ques- 
tion, the administration of the Musulman Law, which has sup- 
_4 have detained you with my address much longer than I 
rem 2 ; but I felt that it was desirable not only to review 
to emphasise attractive fields of investigation. Our illustrious 
founder observed, with reference to the Society, the interests 
of which were nearest to his heart, that ‘‘it will flourish : 
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