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The List of Members of the Society, handed to the Treasurer 

 for the collection of the Subscriptions, included 153 names, exclu- 

 sive of those four Honorary Members, but of these, eleven members 

 have resigned in the beginning of 1879, and four later on, four 

 are considered to have resigned under Rule 6, and, it is with feel- 

 ings of deep regret, I have to inform you of the death of one of our 

 Members, Mr. P. E. PrsToarus, who died in November last. The 

 number of the subscribing members being thus reduced to 137. 



Of the eleven members who have resigned, only the four who 

 resigned a few months ago have paid their subscriptions. 



On the 31st December last, 108, out of the 148 subscriptions 

 had been paid, and, with the exception of two which may be consi- 

 dered as withdrawn, the whole of the remaining subscriptions are 

 likely to be paid. 



With reference to the outstanding subscriptions for 1879, I 

 may state that almost all the Members are residing abroad, hence 

 the delay of collecting the debts. 



By the abstract of the Cash accounts of the year, which I now 

 lay before the Society, it will be seen that the receipts amounted to 

 31,299.52, and the payments to §695.75. The transactions result- 

 ing in a balance to the credit of the Society of $603.77. The sub- 

 scriptions for 1879 to be received in 1880 amount to $186 ; and 

 there were Bills for 1879 outstanding at the end of the year amount- 

 ing to S672.5S. 



The general result is shewn by the Statement of Assets and 

 Liabilities, from which it will be seen that the net balance to the 

 credit of the Society at the close of the year was $117.19. 



It was felt by the Council of the Society that a good opportu- 

 nity offered itself to reprint a standard work like the " Hikayat 

 Abdullah." 



But to enable the Society to do the work an advance had to be 

 made of 198, and on its completion a further sum of $202 was padi. 

 For this $300 the Society have recouped themselves by the sale of 

 copies, amounting to $300 in value, to the Education Department. 



In addition to this, some $40 or so has been realised by pri- 

 vate sales of the work, but against this there is a sum of $100, due 

 to the Contractor for the work, and the Society is therefore some 

 $60 out of pocket on this account, which will be probably made up 

 by further sales. 



