PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For Febi^ary, 1885. 



The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 

 Wednesday, the 4ith February, 1885, at 9 p. M. 



The Hon'ble J. Gibbs, C. S. I., Vice-President in the Chair. 



According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered 

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

 Members of Council for 1885 ; and appointed Messrs. J. C. Douglas and 

 R. Logan, Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual JIeport for 1884. 



The Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal have the honor to 

 submit the following Report on the state and progress of the Society's 

 affairs for the past year. 



Member List. 



In the year under review, 29 gentlemen were elected ordinary 

 members of the Society, 17 Members withdrew, 4 died and 5 were re- 

 moved from the List in accordance with Rule 40 ; the result showing 

 a net gain of 3 Members to the Society, The total number of Mem- 

 bers, therefore, at the close of 1884 was 326 against 323 at the end of 

 the preceding year. Of these, 102 are Resident, 157 Non- Resident, 12 

 Foreign, 15 Life and 40 Non- Subscribing Members, as will be seen from 

 the following Table, which also shows the fluctuations In the number 

 of Ordinary Members for the past 6 years. 



