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Annual Report. 



[Feb. 



of the year was thus 355. Of these, 30 are absent from India and pay no 

 subscriptions, 112 are Eesident, 184 Non-Resident, 15 Foreign, and 14 

 Life Members. 



The following table shows the fluctuations in the number of Ordinary 

 Members for the past 6 years. 



Year. 



Paying. 



Non-Paying. 



Total. 



Total. 



Eesident. 



Non-resi- 

 dent. 



Foreign. 



Life. 



Absent. 



1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



292 

 294 

 290 

 285 

 281 

 311 



113 

 119 

 113 

 117 

 111 

 112 



179 

 175 

 165 

 153 

 154 

 184 



li 

 15 

 16 

 15 



3 



5 



9 



13 



12 



14 



50 

 48 

 46 

 29 

 36 

 30 



345 

 347 

 345 

 327 

 329 

 355 



During the year two members compounded for their future subscrip- 

 tions, viz , Dr. R. A. Barker and Pandit Mohanlal Vishnulal Pandia, thus 

 raising the number of Life Members to 14. 



The following^are the names of the members who died during the 

 year : — Honorary Member, Sir J. W. Colvile ; Corresponding Member, 

 Rev. M. A. Sherring ; Ordinary Members, H. L. Dennys and Thakur Giri 

 Prasad Singh. Of these deceased members whose loss the Society has to 

 regret, Sir J. W. Colvile had in former times taken a very active part in 

 the management of the Society's affairs, for he was President for 10 years 

 from 1848 to 1858, besides being on the Council for several years pre- 

 viously. Mr. M. A. Sherring had contributed a paper to the Society in 1870 

 on the Coins of the Sharqi Kings of Jaunpur, and was well known as the 

 author of the " Sacred City of the Hindus," "Hindu Tribes and Castes," 

 &c. 



Indian Museum. 

 The only presentation made to the Society, and transferred to the 

 Indian Museum, during the year, was the skin and skull of a specimen of 

 Lagomys rufescens, from the Safed Koh Range, forwarded to the Society by 

 Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison. 



Mr. J. Crawfurd tendered his resignation as Trustee of the Indian 

 Museum on behalf of the Society in April, and Mr. A. Pedler was appoint- 

 ed in his place. 



Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle and Messrs. Tawney and Beverley have acted as 

 Trustees throughout the year, and Dr. T. R. Lewis up to the time of his 

 resignation as member of the Council, in July. 



