16 



Annual Report. 



[Feb. 







Paying. 





Non-Paying. 

















Grand 



Ybae. 





Non-resi- 

 dent. 













Total. 





Resident. 



Foreign. 



Total. 



Life. 



Absent. 



Total. 





1879 



Ill 



154 



16 



281 



12 



36 



48 



329 



1880 



112 



185 



15 



312 



14 



30 



44 



356 



1881 



110 



168 



17 



295 



14 



41 



65 



350 



1882 



101 



155 



18 



274 



15 



48 



63 



337 



1883 



100 



142 



18 



260 



15 



48 



63 



323 



1884 



102 



157 



12 



271 



15 



40 



55 



326 



During the year, one member, the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, com- 

 pounded for his future subscriptions . 



The Society lost one of its oldest members, Sir Edward Clive Bay- 

 ley. He was born on October 17th, 1821, and, after a distinguished 

 career at Haileybury, arrived at Calcutta in 1842. The earlier years of 

 his official life were spent in district work, in the North- Western Pro- 

 vinces. In 1849, he was appointed Settlement Officer of Guzerat, then 

 recently acquired by the East India Company on the downfall of the 

 kingdom of the Sikhs. Here he distinguished himself greatly, and was 

 soon after brought to the Foreign Department, where, under the guiding 

 spirit of Sir Henry Elliot, he imbibed a taste for oriental researches which 

 grew with his growth and. ceased only on his demise. Sir Henry was 

 then eno-ao-ed in his great work on the Muhammadan historians, and Mr. 

 Bayley translated for him from Persian works many voluminous extracts, 

 eome of which were published by Sir Henry Elliot, and all spoken of in 

 high terms of praise by that renowned Orientalist. Other extracts have 

 since been published in the late Professor Dawson's continuation of Sir 

 Henry's work. After a service of three years, in the Punjab in 1855, 

 Mr. Bayley availed himself of the furlough to which he was then 

 entitled, and during his leave went through the usual course of studies 

 and got himself admitted to the Bar. Soon after his return to India, he 

 was appointed Secretary to the Foreign Department, and subsequently 

 to the Home Department of the India Grovernment, which office he held 

 for several years. Daring the last four years of his sojourn in India 

 he was a member of the Supreme Council, and held the portfolio of the 

 Home Department. For four years he held the office of Vice- Chancellor 

 of the Calcutta University. His connection with the Asiatic Society 

 dated from 1851, and he was President of the Society for five, and 

 Vice-President for three years. His leisure hours were devoted to 

 antiquarian researches, but his onerous official duties did not permit 



