1874.] 



President's Address. 



39 



H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A. 



J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Captain J. Waterliouse. 



Col. J. E. Gastrell. 



Col. H. Hyde, E. E. 1 



Babii Eajendralala Mitra. 



The Hon. E. C. Bayley, C. S. I. 



The Hon. J. B. Phear. 



Col. H. L. Thuillier, E. A., C. S. I. 



The Hon'ble Eaja Eomanath Tagore. 



W. L. Heeley, Esq., C. S. 



L. Schwendler, Esq. 



J. Geoghegan, Esq. 



Dr. S. B. Partridge. 



H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 



Col. J. E. Gastrell. 



H. Blochmann, Esq., M. A. 



J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Captain J. Waterhouse. 



The President then read the following Address- 



Secretaries and Treasurer. 



Memlers of Ooimcil. 



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RESIDENT S 



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DDRESS. 



Gentlemen", — Being called to fill the Office of President of this Society, 

 I do so with some diffidence, for I feel that coming after one having such 

 great and varied ability as had Dr. Oldham our late President, I am very 

 unequal to the task I have taken up, and I fear that I can only follow at a 

 long distance the steps of my predecessor. All, however, that it is in my 

 power to effect shall be done, and if I am not able to enter so deeply into 

 many of the questions that come before us, I trust I may be able to extend 

 the influence of the Society and to promote the objects for which it has been 

 established. 



The Eeport which has been just read to you will, I trust, justify my 

 congratulation on our improved position in every way. The Society now 

 enjoys a permanent income, at present in the shape of an allowance from 

 Government as compensation for loss of house -rent that the Society would 

 have realized from the rent of this house, had the Museum Building been 

 completed. This will be paid until the Society is able to occupy their new 

 quarters. The building we now occupy, will then be available for letting 

 on lease, and will produce a net income, certainly equal to and perhaps more 

 than the present grant. 



