1888.] Annual Ueport, 19 



Two vacancies in the list of Honorary Members were caused by the 

 deaths o£ Mr. Charles Darwin and Dr. John Muir, and one in the list of 

 Corresponding Members by the death of Herr Baron H. von Schlagintweit- 

 Sakiinlunski. Mr. li. N. Giles and Mr. F. A. de Eoepstorff were elected 

 Associate Members. The 4 Ordinary Members who died during the 

 year were Messrs. Louis Schwendler, 11. Scott, Charles J. Bandow and M. 

 G. Stewart. Mr. L. Schwendler had been for many years an active mem- 

 ber of the Society, having served on tlie Council and on the Natural His- 

 tory and Physical Science Committees. He had also contributed several 

 valuable papers to the Society's publications. It was mainly owing to Mr. 

 Schwendler's exertions that the Zoological Gardens were instituted at 

 Calcutta, and brought to their present success. The Committee of the 

 Zoological Gardens purpose raising a memorial to Mr. L. Schwendler, 

 and the Council of the Society, in order to mark their sense of Mr. 

 Schwendler's services, were happy to make a contribution for this purpose 

 from the Society's funds. 



Indian Museum. 



On Sir Ashley Eden leaving India in April, the Hon. H. J. Eeynolds, 

 who succeeded him as President, became an ex-oficio Trustee of the In- 

 dian Museum. Mr. J. EHot and Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle have acted as Trus- 

 tees throughout the year. Mr. C. H. Tawney and Mr. H. Beverley 

 resigned their seats on the Board of Trustees on their leaving India early 

 in the year, and Major J. Waterhouse and Dr. H. W. M'Cann were elected 

 the representatives of the Society on the Board in their stead. 



Two presentations were made to the Museum under Section 12 of 

 Act XXII of 1876 ; (1) A collection of fragments of sculpture referred to 

 in the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for July, 1879, presented by Mr. 

 H. Rivett-Carnac ; (2) A collection of butterflies from the South Anda- 

 mans, presented by Mr. F. A. de Roepstorff. 



Finance. 



The accounts have been kept up during the past year in the mode 

 introduced in the year 1880. The Summaries (given in the Appendix) are 

 also presented in the form that was approved and adopted at that time. 



An estimate of income and expenditure was prepared last j^ear and 

 laid before the Society at its annual meeting Every effort has been made 

 to keep the expenditure within the limits of the sanctioned estimate, and 

 to prevent the recurrence of a deficit similar to that of last year. Unfor- 

 tunately these efforts have not been successful in consequence of tli© 

 settlement of two years' book accounts with Messrs. Triibner and Co. 

 during the past year. This arose from various delays in the settlement of 



