IV 



Annwd Report. 



| February, 1917. 



Annual Report for 



101 



9 



6. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society has the honour to sub- 

 mit the following report on the state of Society's affairs during 

 the year ending 31st December, 1916. 



Member List. 



The number of Ordinary Members at the close of 1916 was 

 407, against 445 at the close of 1915. The number of Ordinary 

 Members elected during 1916 was 26. Out of these 2 have not 

 yet paid their entrance fees. The number of Ordinary Mem- 

 bers added to the list is, therefore. 24. On the other hand. 

 13 withdrew, 12 died, 34 were struck off under Rule 38. and 

 3 were struck off under Rule 40. 



The number of Ordinary Members in the past six years was 



as follows : — 



Year 



1911 



1912 



1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 



Payino. 



Non-Paying. 



- 



year : 



The following members died during the course of this 



Xawabzada A. K. M. Abdus Subhan, Khan Bahadur; J> r - 



Arnold 



Banerjee ; Rai Bahadur Bhawani Das Batra ; Mr. R. C. Burton; 

 Raja Saccidananda Tribhuban Deb ; Captain Sidney Morton 

 24th Punjabis ; Mr. M. 8. Ramaswani : Mr. Robert V. Russel, I.C.S.; 

 Maulavi Sofiulla Saifuddin Ahmed; Mr. Edward Thornton. 

 F.R.I.B.A. ; Major Horace Hayman Wilson, King's Own Royal 



Lancaster Regiment. 



his subscriptions during this year. 



Das-Gupt 



