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Of the income a further 22% was absorbed by salaries, sta- 

 tionery, postages, and other small charges essential to the running 

 of the Society's office, leaving only 20% for the. purchase of books, 

 furniture, and for unusual causes of expense. A larger member- 

 list, meaning a larger income, is desirable. 



Also a larger inflow from members of short papers for publi- 

 cation is desirable. 



The Hon. Treasurer's balance sheets for the last and the pre- 

 eeeding four years show the following figures : — 



1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 



By member's sub- 

 scriptions includ- 

 ing life-members 1,356.08 1,195.00 1,293.68 1,329.68 1,110.00 

 By sales of Journals 503.13 512.41 425.96 175.98 478.26 

 By sales of Maps 3,274.80 565.20 513.60 292.00 446.15 

 By investments 189.92 125.49 86.48 385.75 250.40 



Nearly half of the receipts in 1916 by sales of parts of the 

 Journal came from the Hikayat Sri Kama, of which 51 copies were 

 taken. 



The Society's invested funds are less than a year ago by $1,500, 

 in consequence of withdrawals from fixed deposit to meet the cost 

 of printing the Hikayat. 



The price of printing has unfortunately been raised against 

 the Society : but this, it is trusted, will be but temporarily. 



The Council has no new undertakings to record. The rule 

 which lays it down that the object of the Society is to increase and 

 to diffuse knowledge concerning British Malaya and the neighbour- 

 ing countries has been strictly observed. One of the papers in the 

 Journal treats of the Malay language, five of the History of the 

 Peninsula, one of Malay customs, two of Malay plants, one of the 

 action of a Malay poison, and two of Malay zoology. It may be 

 recalled that the inception of the Society occurred just when the 

 interior of the Peninsula was opened to exploration and many ac- 

 counts of Journeys reached it; but such papers are rarer now. 

 There were none in the Journal for 1916. 



It has been stated above that the member list carries 297 

 names : that is the same as the last published list carried. By 

 death the Society has lost two Honorary members, Sir Cecil 

 Clementi Smith and Mr. A. Knight: and two, who were members, 

 have lost their lives at the front in France— Messrs. H. E. Penning- 

 ton, and P. Cold. 



The Council elected during the year the following as members: 

 Mr. H. W. Ford, Mr. J. W. Cundell Ellis, 



Prof. J. Argyll Campbell, Mr. A. Rogers, 



Mr. J. G. Watson, Mr. C. B. Kellagher, 



Mr. Shiva Prasad Gupta, Mr. Ong Boon Tat. 



