194 Beport of Siih-Committee on Compoiincling Fee. [Atjgust, 



in full, a list of the plants of these islands being appended, which contains 

 more than 600 species of phanerogams and ferns. 



Finally, the author expresses his thanks to Prof. Dr. Pelzeln, Director 

 of the Vienna Museum, for forwarding to Calcutta for his examination the 

 botanical collections made during the visit of the Austrian frigate ' Novara' 

 to these islands. 



The paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part II, No. 3, 

 1876, with illustrations. 



Mr. W. T. Blajstfoed said that the circumstance of the Nicobar 

 collections of plants made dui'ing the Novara Expedition having been en- 

 trusted to Mr. Kurz for determination and description shewed the apjire- 

 ciation felt in Germany for Mr. Kurz's botanical labours, and that the 

 Seciety were indebted to Mr. Kurz for his having presented to them the 

 first resvilts of his study of the collections in question. 



'Report of the second Htib-Committee npfointed hy the Council to ^consider 

 the qioestion of the introduction of a Compounding Fee for Memheo^s of 

 the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 



The Sub-Committee having carefully considered the earlier papers on 

 the subject, as well as the Report of the Sub-Committee appointed in 1875, 

 with the remarks of the Council thereon ; is of opinion 



I. With reference to the Amount of the Compounding Fee — 



That it should be calculated on the basis of the subscriptions paid by 

 JVon-resident Members, and should be such a sum as will, with the interest 

 accruing from it annually at 4 °/o, be sufficient to meet the expense incurred 

 by the Society during the average lifetime of a member compounding on 

 entering the Society between 25 and 30, the expectation of life being about 

 29 years. 



The Sub-Committee believe that the siim of Rs. 300 is the lowest that 

 will fulfil these conditions, and they wotdd therefore recommend that this 

 sum be fixed as the compounding fee for a non-resident member. 



II. With reference to the Compounding Fee for Resident Members — 

 The opinion of members of Council and others who have considered 



the question before has been generally in favour of one single compounding 

 fee for resident and non-resident members, but the only reason given has 

 been the inconvenience and complication that would arise by having two 

 compounding fees, one for resident and another for non-resident members. 



As the Society is at present constituted the Sub-Committee consider 

 that some difference must be made between the rates of compounding for 

 resident and non-resident members, and that the best way of avoiding the 

 difficulty of two fees will be to provide that Resident Members who may 



