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Annual Meport. 



[Feb. 



Member List. 

 During the year under review, 24 Ordinary Members were elected, 

 15 withdrew, 7 died, 5 were removed from the list under Rule 40, being 

 more than three years absent from India. There .was thus a net loss of 

 3 Ordinary Members during the year. The total number of Members at 

 the close of 1896 being 294, against 297 for the preceding year; of these 

 105 were Residents, 119 Non-Residents, 11 Foreign, 23 Life, 35 Absent 

 from India and 1 Special Non- Subscribing Member, as will be seen from 

 the following table, which also shows the fluctuations in the numbers of 

 Ordinary Members during the past six years : — 





Paying. 



Non-Paying. 





Year. 





o .^ 

 P4 



d 



'I 



O 



3 



►3 



< 



Special 

 Non -Sub- 

 scribing. 





Grand 

 Total. 



1891 



101 



134 



10 



245 



21 



27 



2 



*50 



295 



1892 



115 



127 



11 



253 



22 



33 



2 



57 



310 



1893 



116 



123 



12 



251 



22 



33 



2 



57 



308 



1894 



98 



125 



12 



235 



22 



36 



2 



60 



295 



1895 



108 



122 



12 



242 



23 



31 



1 



55 



297 



1896 



105 



119 



11 



235 



23 



35 



1 



59 



294 



The seven Ordinary Members, the loss of whom by death during 

 the year we have to regret, were Mr. O. Gr. Arthur, Mr. Diego Ernst, 

 Mr. Manmohan Grhose, The Hon. Prince Sir Jahan Qudr Muhammad 

 Wahid Ali Bahadur, Babu Balai Chand Sinha, Sir Sirdar Attar Singh 

 Bahadur, and Mr. W. Swinhoe. 



There was one death amongst the Honorary Members, viz. : — Ur. 

 Reinhold Rost. During the year, on the recommendation of the 

 Council, the following gentlemen were elected as Honorary Members : — 

 Sir Joseph Lister, Professor IMichael Foster, Professor F. Keilhorn, and 

 Professor C. R. Lanman. Thus the number of Honorary Members 

 stands at 24. 



The lists of Special Honorary Members, Corresponding Members, 

 and Associate Members, continue unRltered from last year, there having 

 "been no casualties ; their numbers stand at 5, 4, and 10, respectively. 

 No Members compounded for theii^ subscriptions during the year. 



