XVI ANNUAL REPORT. 
to omit the year 1888 altogether, and to let the present 
Journal (No. 20) bear the date 1889. 
The Honorary Treasurer's Statement of the financial posi- 
tion of the Society is appended, and shows a state in this 
respect more satisfactory than in any previous year. ‘There 
is a balance to credit of $787.95, and all habilities have been 
cleared off, with the exception of the cost of the publication 
of the present Journal. 
Mr. STANFORD’S account for lithographing the Map has 
been settled in full, and a balance of 25 copies still remains 
in his hands for sale, which may be expected to realize about 
£10 6s. 7d. 
Through the liberality of the Straits Government, a sum of 
$500 has again been placed on the Estimates to assist in 
defraying the expenses of the new edition of the Map of the 
Malay Peninsula. 
A, W.. 5S. O’SULEIVARE 
Flonorary Secretary, 
Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. 
Singapore, r1th february, 189o. 
