PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1876. 



TKe Annual Meeting o£ the Society was held on Wednesday, the 2nd 

 February, 1876, at 9 o'clock p. M. 



T. Oldham, Esq., LL, D., President, in the chair. 



According to the bye-laws of the Society, the President ordered tha 

 voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Members of 

 Council for 1876, and appointed Messrs. Pedler and Peterson, Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual Re- 

 port. 



Annual jR.eport for 1875. 



In presenting their Annual Report for 1875, the Council have once 

 more the satisfaction of congratulating the Members on the continued pros- 

 perity of the Society, as evinced by the increase in its funds, though the 

 number of new members again shows a falling off. 



The number of members elected during the year under review, has been 

 28, against 35 of the previous year. 



Dm-ing the year 1875, the Society sustained the loss of 25 ordinary 

 members by withdrawal, 1 by removal and 3 by death, in all 29. The total 

 number of ordinary Members was 346 at the end of the year 1874 and 345 

 at the close of 1875, 



Of these 345 members, 65 are absent from India, of whom 50 are non- 

 subscribing members, leaving a balance of 295 paying members, 113 of 

 whom are Resident and 182 non-Resident Members. 



