12 Annual Report. [Feb. 



Williams; and wc have elected Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, CLE., Sir George 

 King, F.R.S., Professor E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., Professor E. Suess, 

 and Professor E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. 



Three Associate Members have been elected during the year, namely, 

 Pandit Visnu Prasad Raj Bhandari, Rai Bahadur li. B. Sanyal, 

 C.M.Z.S., and the Revd. E. Francotte, S.J. 



Indian Museum. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle resigned his seat on the Board of Trustees 

 and was succeeded by Archbishop P. Goethals. The other Trustees 

 who represent the Society are Mr. A. Pedler, F.R.S. , Dr. Mahendra Lai 

 Sircar, CLE., Mr. R. D. Oldham, F.G.S., and Mr. G. W. Kiichler, M.A. 



Finance. 



Our financial position has improved, and we close the year with 

 a credit balance of Rs. 1,52,452-11-11, which is considerably over five 

 thousand rupees better than last year, in spite of the fact that tlie 

 usual sum of Rs. 1,000 has not this year been contributed by the 

 Assam Government towards our anthropological publications.* It must 

 be mentioned, however, that all of our bills for books have not yet been 

 received, and that there are some outstanding printing liabilities for 

 publications in the press ; but these do not vitiate our comparison with 

 previous years, because we always close the year with such liabilities, 

 and they are much less this year than usual. 



Our expenses have been well within the sanctioned Budget Estimate, 

 except in respect of Journal Part I which, as usual, has largely exceeded 

 its grant, and this at the expense of the two other sections of the 

 Journal. This is unsatisfactory : for members who contribute papers 

 to the Philological and Literary Section of the Journal must bear in 

 mind that we have Scientific traditions to uphold and Scientific interests 

 to conciliate, and that with regard to Science in general and to that 

 part of it in particular that relates to Ethnology {Journal Fart III), we 

 have undertaken definite responsibilities that we must fulfil. 



As regards Receipts, our actuals have been well in excess of our 

 Budget Estimate, by reason of an unexpected increase in subscriptions 

 and admission fees ; for these had been estimated on the statistics of the 

 five rather lean years preceding 1898. The non-receipt of the contri- 

 bution of Rs. 1,000 from the Assam Government was balanced by an 

 unforeseen donation of a like amount from the Government of India 

 for the purposes of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 

 to be presently referred to. 



* [This sum has since been received. Hon, Genl. Secy., Feb. 10*^, 1900,] 



