PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For February, 1884. 



The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 

 Wednesday, the 6th February 1884, at 9 p. m. 



The Hon'ble H. J. Reynolds, President, in the Chair. 



According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered 

 the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Mem- 

 bers of Council for 1884 ; and appointed Mr. E. F. T. Atkinson and Babu 

 Adhar Lai Sen, Scrutineers. 



The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 

 Report. 



Annual Report for 1883. 



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

 following Report on the Society's affairs for 1883, the hundredth year 

 of its existence. 



During the year under review, 18 gentlemen were elected Ordinary 

 Members, 19 Members withdrew, 3 died, 7 were removed from the list of 

 Members in accordance with Rule 40 and 2 in accordance with Rule 38. 

 Mr. W. T. Blanford was elected an Honorary Member on the 7th Febru- 

 ary, so that his name was removed from the list of Ordinary Members 

 from that date. There was thus a net loss of 14 Ordinary Members during 

 the year, the number at the close of the year being 323, as against 337 

 at the end of 1882. 



The following table shows the fluctuations in the number of Ordinary 

 Members for the past 6 years. 



