Al ANNUAL REPORT. 
and it is hoped in this manner to collect, in a convenient form for 
reference, much valuable scientific information relating to the 
Eastern Archipelago. 
The Council have pleasure in acknowledging the liberality of 
the Government of this Colony, from whom the promise of a grant 
of $500 towards the proposed publication has been received. 
In connection with this subject, the Council desire to suggest 
an undertaking which might, in their opinion, well engage the 
attentive consideration of the Government and of this Society at 
some future time. The Colony has no authorised Statistical 
Gazetteer, to which residents, students, travellers and men of 
scieuce may turn for authentic information regarding the Straits 
Settlements and the Native States of the Peninsula. Such a 
work should embody a full account of these regions, their inhabi- 
tants and productions, in the departments of Geography, Geology, 
Ethnology, Religion, Manners and Customs, History, Arts, Manu- 
factures, Agriculture, Commerce, Zoology, Ornithology, Ichthyo- 
logy, &e., and should give a concise account of every town and vil- 
lage of importance within the limits referred to. It would carry 
on, in the Far East, the work already performed in British India 
and Burma. 
In the department cf Geography, the Society has not been 
idle. Recent explorations in Pahang and the work of surveyors in 
the service of the Native States have added greatly to our geogra- 
phical knowledge during the last few years; and it has been found 
possible to make great improvements in the map of the Peninsula 
which was published by Mr. Sranrorp for the Society in 1879. 
An entirely new map is now in course of preparation, and will be 
sent to England for publication in 1886. | 
While acknowledging with thanks the kindness of the Singa- 
pore Exchange, who have so often permitted the Society the use ot - 
their rooms, it is gratifying to be able to announce that the Socie- 
ty will, before long, have a suitable room for its meetings. The - 
Government have set apart a large room i the new Museum 
for a Reference Library, and the Society will be domiciled there. 
