160 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 2= 



Report. 



" The Council having considered the proposals of Mr. Oldham 

 for the reduction of the subscription of non-resident members of 

 the Society from 64 to 32 rupees per annum, are unable to recom- 

 mend the suggested alteration. 



" However willing they might be to entertain the claim of members 

 not residiug at Calcutta, to some reduction of their contribution in 

 consideration of the relative disadvantages under which they are 

 placed as compared to the resident members of the Society, the 

 financial position of the Society is not such as to authorise such a 

 hazardous experiment at the present time. 



" It will be evident, that if the subscriptions of non-resident mem- 

 bers are decreased by one-half, that their numbers must be increas- 

 ed in just the same proportion to maintain the subscription list, at 

 its present amount. Besides this too, the liabilities of the Society are 

 directly increased by an increase in the number of the subscribers, 

 for the journal has to be supplied to each of the new members 

 gratis. At present there are 60 non-resident members ; to coun- 

 tervail the reduction of their subscriptions 60 additional members 

 must be got. The supply of the Journal to 60 new members would 

 cause an additional charge of 60 % 7 =420 Rs. A further increase 

 of members would therefore be necessary to make up for this, and 

 about 17 more subscribers would be required in addition to the 60 

 first mentioned, or in all 77 new members, a number not to be 

 looked for within any definite period. 



"The loss to the Society from the reduction of the subscription of 

 60 members from 64 to 32 Rupees, would be 1,920 Rs. per annum, 

 and taking into account the charge for the Journal as above, Rs. 

 2,464 additional income must be obtained from new members at the 

 reduced rate to keep the Society in its presert position as regards 

 available income. 



" Neither does it appear at all certain to the Council, that the cir- 

 cumstance of their being less favourably placed as regards the use of 

 the Society's Museum or Library or the management of its affairs, is 

 really held to be an objection by a large proportion of the subscribers 

 who are non-resident. Their contributions are given not with the ex- 

 pectation of obtaining any distinct equivalent in return, but solely to 



