PROCEEDINGS. Y11 



of this journey was, it is believed, entirely clue to the Society. 

 Other explorations of equal consequence have been made in 

 the interior of the Kinta District (Perak) by Mr. Leech, 

 and across the watershed that separates Pahang and Kelan- 

 tan by Mr. M. Maclay. These journeys, though executed 

 under other influences, have been made more generally use- 

 ful, and have been brought to serve our purpose, by obtaining 

 compass bearings and itineraries of the newly explored dis- 

 tricts for publication and record. 



With regard to the question of publishing either a new or 

 a supplementary Dictionary, a paper has recently been read 

 before the Society, which will be found in the ensuing num- 

 ber of the Journal. Other communications on the subject 

 have also been under the Council's consideration from two 

 independent sources. 



As to the forthcoming number of the Society's Journal 

 (December 1878J, the material is already in the printer's hands, 

 and the printing of it is well advanced, and should be com- 

 pleted in a few weeks. 



It only remains for the Council to take this opportunity 

 of thanking the numerous contributors who have responded 

 to their invitation ; and to express their acknowledgements 

 to the local and other journals for their ready co-operation 

 in bringing the Society's proceedings to the notice of the 

 public. 



The Hox. Treasurer's Eeport. 



The list of Members of the Society, handed to me for the 

 collection of the subscriptions, included 155 names, exclusive 

 of those of four Honorary Members ; but of these, two were 

 subsequently withdrawn as having been entered through 

 some misapprehension, the number of the subscribing mem- 

 bers being thus reduced to 153. 



On the 3 1st December, the whole of the subscriptions had 

 been paid with the exception of 16, of which four have since 

 been paid ; eight are likely to be paid shortly ; and four may 

 be considered as withdrawn. 



Annexed is an abstract of the cash account of the year, 

 from which it will be seen that the Receipts amounted to 

 $827.50 and the payments to §517.98, the transactions re- 

 sulting in a balance to the credit of the Society of $309.52. 

 The subscriptions for 1878, to be received in 1879, amounte d 

 to $72 ; but on the other hand one subscription, §6, was paid 

 in 1878 in advance for 1879; and there were bills for 18 78 

 outstanding at the end of the year to the amount of §41.60. 



