XVII 



ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



COUNCIL 



OF THE 



STRAITS BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



FOR THE YEAR 1891. 



THE Council desires to record its sense of the loss which 

 the Society has sustained in the death of Sir J. FREDERICK 

 DlCKSON, K.C.M.G., who for five years has been President of 

 the Society, and, by the great interest he has taken in the 

 affairs and his own wide knowledge of Oriental literature, ha* 

 contributed so much to the Society's success and progress 



During the year, the following new members have been 

 elected : — 



Mr. R. Dane. 



The Hon'ble H. A. O'Brien 



Mr. H, von Papendrecht. 



Mr. Justice Goldney. 



Mr. E. A. Wise. 



Mr. F. J. Owen. 



Mr. E. B. Hutchinson. 



His Excellency Major-Gene- 

 ral Sir Charles Warren, 



G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S. 



Dr. Haviland. 



Mr. ROUNSEVELLE WlLD- 

 MAN. 



Mr. A. D. Machado. 



We have lost by death Sir Frederick A. Weld, g.c.m.g., 

 and Sir J. Frederick Dickson, k.c.m.g. ; and the following 

 members have resigned : — 



Mr. V. Sergel. 



Mr. H. W. C. Leech. 



Mr. E. Koek. 



Col. S. Dunlop, c.m.g. 



Mr. F. H. Gottlieb. 

 Dr. T. I. Rowell. 

 Mr. O. Muhry. 



