1900.] 



Annual Report. 



11 



According to the Rules of the Society, the President ordered the 

 voting papers and certificates to be distributed for the election of 

 officers and members of Council for 1900, and appointed Dr. Gr. Watt, 

 O.I.B , and Mr. S. 0. Hill to be scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1899. 



The Council of the Society have the honour to submit the following 

 Report on the state of the Society's affairs during the past year. 



Member List. 



Our number of Ordinary Members is 801, which is higher than 

 any year since 1893. 



30 Ordinary Members have been elected, and we have lost 15 by 

 withdrawal, 3 by death, 10 by removal under Rule 40, and 1 by reitioval 

 under Rule 9. 



The following table gives the statistics for the last six years. 





Paying, 



Non-Paying. 











( 









1 





Grand 



Year. 





1 



Foreign, 



^ 



a 



3 



g 



< 



Special 

 Non-Sub 

 scribinsr. 



1 



Total. 



1894 



98 



125 



12 



235 



22 



36 



.2 



60 



295 



1895 



108 



122 



12 



242 



23 



31 





55 



297 



1896 



105 



119 



11 



235 



23 



35 





59 



204" 



1897 



106 



115 



9 



230 



22 



35 





58 



288 



1898 



122 



108 



11 



241 



23 



35 



1 



59 



300 



1899 



120 



119 



13 



252 



21 



27 





49 



301 



The names of the Ordinary Members whose death we lament are 

 Babu Gaurdas Bysack, Mr. J. H. Gilliland, and Deputy Surgeon-General 

 S. B. Partridge. Dr. Partridge and Babu Gaurdas Bysack were two of 

 the oldest members of the Society, having been elected in 1862. 



Our number of Honorary Members is complete. We have to lament 

 the loss of Sir William Flower, Sir Edward Frankland and Sir Monier 



