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Though hardly the occasion to descant on the brilliant Military 

 career of the deceased, I may not omit a simple reference to the 

 long and distinguished service, which, commencing in Bundelcund in 

 1809, became more conspicuous in the Pindaree campaign, and gained 

 for him preeminent distinction at Seetabuldee, again at Bhurtpore, 

 and later in the Punjab and at Guzerat, until finally he gained his 

 greatest laurels during the mutiny ; services which won for him not 

 only the honors of the Knighthood of the Bath, but the respect and 

 admiration of his countrymen. 



In addition to the persons whose names I have mentioned, the 

 Society has to regret the loss of several other members. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Short, B. Bengal Engineers ; Major Fuller, B. A. Director of 

 Public Instruction in the Punjab. The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shum- 

 boonath Pundit, the first native judge of the High Court, and Baboo 

 Jadava Krishna Singh. These gentlemen were all distinguished in 

 their own especial walks of life, but, with the exception of Baboo 

 Jadava Krishna Singh, a Sanscrit scholar of note, who served as a 

 Member of the Council, and was for three years a Vice-President, none 

 of them, that I am aware of, took an active part in the work of the 

 Society. 



I am happy to announce that the Government has generously 

 granted a sum of Bs. 680 for the repairs of Sir W. Jones's tomb. It 

 appears to have fallen of late into ruin, and an estimate being 

 called for, we found that the sum required was beyond the strait- 

 ened resources of the Society. We accordingly applied to Go- 

 vernment, who, with prompt liberality, granted the necessary funds. 

 The repairs are again progressing, having been retarded by the late 

 Cyclone. There has been some delay, but we have reason to believe 

 that ere long the resting place of the Founder of our Society will be 

 restored to a state of decent repair. 



I am glad to say that, notwithstanding casualties, our numbers 

 have increased, we have had an addition of 53 new members to 

 our list. By death or resignation we have lost 27, but this 

 still leaves us a net increase of 26, which, added to 391, the whole 

 number at the beginning of the year, makes a total of 417 members ; 

 this is the largest number that the Society has hitherto had on its 

 rolls. 



