XIV PROCEEDINGS 



been proposed and elected to membership, and after having 

 been notified and Eules, etc., have been sent to them, they 

 have still given no response. As the officers of the Society 

 give voluntary service, all slackness in paying dues by the 

 membership is regrettable, and we would urge members to 

 assist by paying promptly, and by making sure that nominees 

 really care enough about membership to justify their being 

 proposed for election. 



^ 7 ith regard to the Financial Statement, it may be 

 mentioned that two heavy items for printing the Journal 

 have been paid during the year instead of only one. In the 

 past the bill for the previous year has been received subse- 

 quent to the Annual meeting, so that we closed with a credit 

 balance which was absorbed soon after the meeting; we have 

 now caught up, and all bills are paid within the current year. 

 This results in a smaller credit balance being shown in the 

 present Statement, but the financial state of the Society is 

 satisfactory, as will appear more fully in future years. 



The Librarian's modesty has not permitted her to say 

 that the magnificent and valuable collection of views of 

 Peking, was presented to the Society by herself; we are sure 

 members will greatly appreciate this gift, and cordially thank 

 Mrs. Ayscough for this additional evidence of her enthusiastic 

 interest in the Society. 



Election of Officers. 



On the proposal of Dr. Howard Barrie, seconded by 

 Miss Alice Ware, the following Officers and members of 

 Council were elected to serve during the coming year: — 



President — A. Stanley, m.d.; Vice-Presidents — Eev. 

 F. L. Hawks Pott, d.d., Samuel Couling, m.a.; Curator of 

 Museum — A. Stanley, m.d.; Librarian — Mrs. F. Ayscough; 

 Honorary Treasurer — Mr. A. C. Hynes; Editor of Journal — 

 Eev. Evan Morgan; Councillors — h.e. V. Grosse, Eev. A. P. 

 Parker, d.d., H. P. Wilkinson, b.c.l., Mr. C. Kliene, Mr. 

 E. D. Abraham, Eev. Ernest Box; Honorary Secretary — 

 Mr. Isaac Mason. 



The Honorary Curator's Report. 



The Eeport of the Curator, Dr. A. Stanley, was next 

 given, as follows: — 



The collections have recently been thoroughly over- 

 hauled. For the assistance of future curators I should like 

 here to record what I have found after long experience to be 

 the essential details for safeguarding the valuable collections 



