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The Obituary further enumerates Col. A. D. Turnbull, It. E. late 

 Superintendent of the Ganges Canal ; Prince Jalaluddin Moham- 

 mad, Huzrat Shah Kabeeruddin Ahmed, L. F. Byrne, Esq., and It. H. 

 Russell, Esq., B. C. S. 



The present condition of the member list, as compared with that of 

 previous years, is shewn in the following table, which exhibits the num- 

 bers of paying and absent members for the last 10 years. 



Paying. Absent. Total. 



1855, 128 34 162 



1856, 131 36 167 



1857, 109 38 147 



1858, 193 40 233 



1859, 135 45 180 



1860, 195 47 242 



1861, 226 55 281 



1862, 229 82 311 



1863, 276 79 355 



1864, *288 92 380 



During the year 1863, this Society had to congratulate itself, on the 

 formation at Lahore, of an Auxiliary Committee, working in conjunc- 

 tion with this Society and with similar aims, while it enjoyed all the 

 advantages of an independent Society. In the name chosen by it, as 

 well as in its correspondence with this Society, the Lahore Committee 

 expressed its desire to ally itself so far as was compatible with its in- 

 dependent character, with the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; and its pro- 

 positions were cordially received by this Society, in the hope that in 

 other distant provinces, bodies of a similar character might be formed, 

 with the view of undertaking the investigation and discussion of local 

 subjects of Antiquarian and Scientific interest, and thus aiding in the 

 accomplishment of that which has for 80 years been the object of 

 this the parent Society. It is a most encouraging sign of the increased 

 attention given in this country to History and Science, that during the 

 past year, a Society has been formed at Nagpur, on a footing, as regards 

 this Society, similar to that of the Lahore Auxiliary Committee ; and 

 the Council are sure that the members of this Society will feel equal 

 satisfaction with themselves, in learning that the Association thus esta- 

 blished, notwithstanding the lamented loss of one of its most energetic 

 * Resident, 140. Non- Resident, 148. 



