XIV 



ANNUAL REPORT 



OP THE 



COUNCIL 



OP THE 



STRAITS BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



FOB THE YEAR 1886. 



The Report which the Council for 1886 have to lay before 

 the Society at the conclusion ol the period for which they 

 were elected is, they believe, a fairly satisfactory one. 



Since the last General Meeting, four new members have 

 joined the Society, namely, Mr. A. F. Ayre, Mr. A. CURRIE, 

 Revd. A. S. MacPhee, and Mr. W. Burbidge. 



The provisional election of these gentlemen requires, under 

 the Rules, the confirmation of the Society at a General 

 Meeting. 



The Council announce with regret the death of the follow- 

 ing members since the last General Meeting : — 

 S. E. Dalrymple. 

 Alexander Duff. 

 R. G. Stiven. 

 J. T. Thomson. 

 Dr. C. Trebing. 

 I. S. Bond. 

 The following gentlemen have ceased to be members in 

 accordance with Rule 6 : — D. D. DALY, H. TRACHSLER. 



Two hundred copies of Miscellaneous Papers relating to 

 Indo-China, published for the Society by Messrs. TRUBNER 

 & Co., were received from the publishers early in 1886. Of 

 these, in addition to twenty-five copies forwarded to Govern- 



