PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Foil January, 1866. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held on 

 Wednesday the 17th January, 1866. 

 A. Grote, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 The Secretary read the Council's Report for 1865 : — 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council have much satisfaction in being able to report that, during 

 the past year, the activity of the Society has been equal to that of any 

 former period. There has not indeed been any increase in the number 

 of its members on that of the previous year ; on the contrary, there 

 has been a slight diminution on the total number, and a considerable 

 diminution of paying members. But in every department, there has 

 been increased activity ; and many alterations and reforms have been 

 introduced, tending, as the Council believe, very materially to the ad- 

 vantage of the Society. 



Of the ordinary members of the Society, 25 have withdrawn during 

 the past year, and 11 are deceased, making a total loss of 36 members. 

 The number of elections has been 32 only, so that there is a diminu- 

 tion of four on the member list of the previous year, 376 against 380. 

 The following tabular statement of the number of ordinary members 

 of the Society for each year of the last decade shews, that while the 

 total number for the past year is only 4 less than that for 1864, the 

 great increase of absentee members has caused a diminution of 21 on 

 the list of subscribing members. The total number of the latter is 

 now 267, of which 121 are resident. The Council trust that the elec- 

 tion of new members during the ensuing year may compensate for the 

 unusual number lost by death and withdrawal during that just ended, 



