Annual Report for 1907, 



The Council are pleased to note that the numbers of 

 members of the Society are on the increase. 



During the year the following new members were elected : 



Mr. J. W. Campbell 

 Mr. R. D. Pringle 

 Mr. H. Collinge 

 Mr. C Singer 

 Mr. W. E. Kinsey 

 Dr. A. A. Wellington 

 Mr. A. E. Lawrence 

 Mr. Archibald Campbell 



Mr. Chapman 

 Dr. Macdougall 

 Mr. B. Nunn 

 Dr. John Donald 

 Mr. G. Hammont 

 Rev. G. F. Pykett 

 Mr. J. B. Scrivenor 

 Mr. Ivone Kirkpatrick 

 Mr. J. Rigby 



In recognition of the long services of Mr. W. R. Collyer as 

 Vice President of the Society the Council elected him an 

 Honorary Member of the Society. 



The Council have to regret the loss by death of Mr. H. H. 

 Hudson. 



During the absence on leave of the Honorary Treasurer, 

 Dr. Hanitsch, Mr. Bartlett kindly consented to act as Treasurer 

 till his return at the end of the year. 



One number of the Journal was published, containing arti- 

 cles on Ethnology by Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Winstedt, the Rev. 

 E. Gomez, Mr. C, B. Kloss, and Mrs. Bland, on Topography by 

 Mr. Knight, and on Natural History by Mr. Kloss, Mr. Shelford, 

 Mrs. Norman, Mr. Hewett, and Mr. Ridley. 



In a separate volume the Hikayat Shamshu ; 1 Bahrain, a 

 Malay manuscript edited by Mr. Maxwell, was also published. 



Another volume of the Journal will be in the hands of the 

 Society very shortly. 



The Library was transferred to a more spacious room in 

 the new building of the Museum, 



The books and papers were arranged and sorted and fur- 

 ther progress made in cataloguing. 



