S8 



Annual Bepori. 



[Feb. 



Year. 



Paying. 



Life. 



Absent. 



Total. 







Eesident. 



Non- 

 Eesident. 



Foreign. 





Non- 

 paying. 





1873, ... 



805 



116 



186 





3 



53 



358 



1874, ... 



312 



127 



184 





3 



32 



346 



1875, ... 



295 



113 



179 



... 



3 



50 



345 



1876, ... 



299 



119 



175 



... 



5 



48 



347 



1877, ... 



290 



113 



163 



14 



9 



46 



345 



During the year 4 members have compounded for their subscriptions, 

 and the compounding fees and entrance fees, amounting altogether to 

 Ks. 1,650, have been duly funded in the Permanent Reserve Fund. 



Dr. John Muir was elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 



Of the deceased members whose loss the Society has to regret, the 

 Hon'ble Maharajah Eamanath Tagore, C. S. I., had been a Member of the 

 Society for 40 years, during which period he served twice on the Council. 

 His patriotic and enlightened efforts for the improvement of his country- 

 men will be long remembered. 



Mr, J. Geoghegan had been 18 years a member of the Society, and had 

 served 3 years on the Council, as well as having been a member of various 

 Committees ; the Council have to deplore that a career which gave so much 

 promise of great usefulness, has been cut short so prematurely. 



The other names in the Obituary are Colonel D. G-. Robinson, R. E. 

 Kumar Giris Chandra Siiiha, and Babu Yrindavanachandra Mandala of Ba- 

 lasor. 



Mr. Robert Swinhoe, F. R. S., the author of many valuable contribu- 

 tions relating to the mammals and birds of China, who died on the 20th 

 October, had been a Corresponding Member of the Society since 1860. 



Indian Museum. 



During the past year the Council have received no presentations re- 

 quiring to be transferred to the Indian Museum under the provisions of 

 Act XXII of 1876. 



In accordance with the provision of the above Act which, allots an addi- 

 tional Trustee to represent the interests of the Society, the Council ap- 

 pointed Mr. T. S. Isaac a Trustee on behalf of the Society. 



The Hon'ble Sir E. C. Bayley, K. C, S. I. (President), Dr. T. R. 

 Lewis, Captain J. Waterhouse and Mr. H. Blochmann have continued to 

 aet as Trustees on behalf of the Society throughout the year. 



