14 



Annual lieiJort. 



[Feb. 



Member List. 



During the year under review, 19 gentlemen were elected Ordinary 

 Members of the Society, 17 members withdrew, and 8 members died. 

 Of the 19 elections one was a re-election. The total number of mem- 

 bers, therefore, at the close of 1887 was 313, against 319 at the end of 

 the preceding year. Of these 98 were Resident, 137 Non-Resident, 15 

 Foreign, 17 Life, 44 Absent from India, and 2 Special Non- Subscribing 

 members, as will be seen from the following table, which also shows the 

 fluctuations in the number of Ordinary Members for the past 6 

 years. 





Paying. 



Non-paying. 





Year. 



i 



*o3 . 



o 



i 

 1 



o 



i3 



1 

 < 



Special 

 Non- Sub- 

 scribing. 



Total. 



1 

 1 



C5 



1882 



101 



155 



18 



274 



15 



47 



1 



63 



337 



1883 



100 



142 



18 



260 



15 



47 



1 



63 



323 



1884 



102 



157 



12 



271 



15 



39 



1 



55 



326 



1885 



105 



161 



13 



279 



16 



34 



1 



51 



330 



1886 



93 



142 



18 



253 



16 



48 



2 



GQ 



319 



1887 



98 



137 



15 



250 



17 



44 



2 



63 



313 



The 8 Ordinary Members, who died during the year, were Colonel 

 G. 0. De Free, Mr. J. C. Douglas, Mr. T. G. H. Moncrieffe, the Hon'ble 

 Sir Ashley Eden, Dr. Ram Das Sen, Lieut. -Colonel T. C. Plowden, 

 Babu Girija Bhusan Mukherji, and Babu Rakhaldas Hdldar. 



Among the Corresponding Members intimation of the deaths of the 

 following gentlemen was received : — Mr. J. Nietner and Mr. R. H. 

 Barnes, both of Ceylon, Dr. E. Smith of Beyrout, Mr. J. Taylor of 

 Bussorah, and Dr. H. Frederick of Batavia. Their number now stands 

 at 8. 



The lists of Honorary and Associate Members continue unaltered 

 from last year, their numbers standing at 27 and 8 respectively. 



Mr. C. R. Lanman compounded for his subscription as Foreign 

 Member. 



Indian Museum. 



The list of Trustees appointed by the Asiatic Society to the Muse- 

 um under Act XXII of 1876, remained unaffected by the new Indian 

 Museum Act, No. IV, of 1887. 



Mr. A. Pedler was appointed a Trustee vice Mr. H. F. Blanford in 

 April. 



