54 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 



The Honorable Mr. J. B. Macaulay, the Honorable Colonel W. Mor- 

 rison, and Mr. William Carr, proposed at the last Meeting, were duly 

 elected Members of the Society. 



The Secretary read an Annual Report on the state of the Society, 



For the whole of the past year, the Society had been deprived of the presence 

 of its President, who had been driven to the Cape through ill health. The seats 

 of two Vice-Presidents had also become vacant, one by Sir J. Frank's departure 

 to Europe, the other, by Sir C. T. Metcalfe's appointment to the Government 

 of Agra. The Obituary List of the past year contained only the venerable name 

 of Dr. Carey, upon whose death, in June last, a tribute of regret and esteem had 

 been recorded on the Society's proceedings. The fate of another cherished Mem- 

 ber, Mr. J. C alder, remained an object of great anxiety, nothing having been 

 heard of him since he sailed from India for the New Colony at St. George's Sound 

 in October, 1833. The only faint hope of his safety rested in the report of 

 some natives at Swan River, that a wreck had occurred to the northward ; and it 

 was satisfactory at least to know, that a vessel had been immediately despatched 

 to ascertain the fact. The result has not yet transpired. 



Of Members who had tendered their resignation for various causes, the follow- 

 ing names were mentioned: Messrs. G. Money, M. T. Clemishaw, M. Laru- 

 letta, M. Manuk, and Raja Kalikrishna. 



The new Members elected, including those of the present Meeting, amounted 

 in number to fifteen, viz. Messrs. W. Martin, R. Spiers, A. Beattie, J. S. 

 Stopford, W. Mackenzie, F. Renauld, Dr. A. Hamilton, Lieut. W. 

 Foley, Lieut. McLeod, Lieut. -Col. Low, Sir J. P. Grant, Mr. W. Grant, 

 Honorable T. B. Macaulay, Honorable Colonel Morrison, and Mr. "W. Carr. 

 The following distinguished individuals had been associated as Honorary Mem- 

 bers: The Mekhara Meng of Ava, Mr. Csoma de Koros, Professors Heeren, 

 Klaproth, Rosen, and Buckland, Sir John Herschel, and Col. Sykes. 



The Expences of the year had been very moderate, leaving a considerable 

 balance in the Treasurers' hands. 



Payments. 



To paid for Copies of the 

 Journal Asiatic Society, 

 furnished to Members in 

 1833 928 



To Establishment and con- 

 tingent expences from 1st 

 Nov. 1833 to 31st Oct. 

 1834 2880 6 



To balance of cash in hand, 3101 10 4 



Sa. Rs. 6910 4 



Receipts. 

 By balance of last year, . . 20 8 5 



By Subscriptions collected, 5472 6 

 By Interest on Company's 



Paper, 17,500, at 5 per 



cent 1417 1 11 



Sa. Rs. 6910 4 



Outstanding Quarterly Bills due, but not yet collected, Rs. 2817. 



The Publications of the past year had been limited to the Index of the 18 

 volumes of Quarto Researches, now nearly completed, and the Monthly Journal. 

 The printing of M. Csoma de Koros's Tibetan Grammar was terminated, which 

 would allow a new volume of Researches immediately to be put in hand. The Go- 

 vernment had been pleased to express its approbation of the manner in which 

 the Tibetan Dictionary and Grammar have been passed through the press, and 



