1858.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 85 



For January, 1858. 

 At the Annual General Meeting of the Society, held on the 6th 

 January 1858. 



Hon'ble Sir James Colvile, Kt., President, in the Chair. 

 The Secretary read the following 



Report for 1857. 

 The Council regret that, in submitting their annual report for 

 1857, they cannot congratulate the Society upon the state of its 

 affairs. The troubles into which the country has been plunged 

 have to serious extent interfered with the Society's progress and 

 prosperity. 



The rolls exhibit a sudden decrease of 22 ordinary members 



resident in India, the total at 

 present being 109, whereas it 

 was 131 at the same period of 

 last year. The elections during 

 the year have been only 6, while 

 the loss amounts to not less 

 than 26, of which 14* have been caused by retirement, and 12 by 

 death. The Society now includes 147 members, of whom 38 are 

 absent in Europe. 



Mr. John Nietner, of Colombo, Ceylon, has been elected a cor- 

 responding member during the period under review. 



Obituary. — The members lost to the Society by death, are Dr. 

 Spilsbury, Vice-President, and Dr. Walker, Sir Henry Lawrence, 

 K. C. B., Sir Robert Barlow, Bart., Hon'ble J. R. Colvin, Captain 

 F. Hayes, Hon'ble Major R. B. P. Byng, and Messrs. Bushby, 

 Heatly, Ommanney, Cunliffe and D. Grant, most of whom had, when 

 resident in Calcutta, taken as members either of the Council, or 

 the Committee of papers an active part in the management of the 

 Society's affairs. 



To the zealous and disinterested labours of Dr. Spilsbury, ex- 

 tending over a period of 20 years, the Society is indebted for some 

 of the rarest specimens which adorn its Geological Museum, and 

 many of the valuable contributions which enrich the pages of its 

 Journal. The Society has, more than once, publicly recorded its 



Ordinary. 



Paying. 



Abser 



1851 130 



124 



6 



1852 139 



122 



17 



1853 146 



123 



23 



1854 155 



129 



26 



1855 162 



128 



34 



1856 167 



131 



36 



1857 147 



109 



38 



