ANNUAL REPORT 
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Mr. A. W. Neubronner. 
Mr. C. A. Neubronner. 
Mr. F. de la Mare Norris, b.sc. 
Hon’ble Mr. W. Nutt, o.b.e. 
Mr. Megat Osman. 
Mr. E. A. O’Sullivan. 
Mr. C. J. Perkins. 
Mr. A. D. Peskett. 
Mr. E. V. Pe.ters. 
Mr. M. Sathasivam. 
Dr. J. W. Scharff. 
Mrs. ,T. W. Scharff. 
Dr. George Waugh Scott. 
Mr. Soh Yiew Jin. 
Mr. F. G. Stevens. 
Mr. H. W. Thomson. 
Mr. H. Weisberg. 
Mr. A. J. Weller. 
H. E. Mr. P. J. Wilkinson, c.m.g. 
Mr. G. C. Woolley. 
Capt. J. C. Yewdall. 
Dr. It. Hanitsch was elected an Honorary Member in recogni- 
tion of his many services to the Society. 
The Council regrets to report the death of 5 members during 
the year: Sir Evelyn Ellis, the eminent Singapore lawyer, who 
joined the Society in 1909; W. H. Mackray, F. M. S. Civil Service, 
a member since 1908, who in joint authorship with C. W. C. Parr, 
contributed a valuable paper to the Society’s Journal, entitled the 
“ History of Rembau ” (Journ. No. 56, pp. 1-157); H. Lupton, 
S. S., Civil Service, Dr. J. M. Handy and R. W. Munro, who had 
all been members for the last ten years. 
In addition to the above the Society lost 29 members by re- 
signation during the year. Of these, 19 names were removed under 
Rule 6. This somewhat large number is due to the fact that this 
Rule has not been enforced during the last few years, so that our 
membership roll remained fictitiously large. Some members, who 
had not paid their subscriptions for as many as seven years were re- 
tained on the list, while others have left this country and cannot 
now be traced. It is believed that the present total of 329 mem- 
bers now represents accurately the active membership of the Society. 
IT. E. Sir Laurence Guillemard, k.c.b. graciously consented 
to become Patron of the Society in succession to Sir 
Patron Arthur Young who left the country in 1919. 
During the year Mr. C. Boden Kloss was co-opted to fill the 
post of Ahee-President F.M.S. in place of The Hon’ble 
Council Mr. W. G. Maxwell who proceeded on leave. Messrs. 
Makepeace and H. C. Robinson resigned from the 
Council on proceeding to Europe on leave. Mr. A. S. Haynes was 
co-opted to fill the place of one of them. 
Two Journals, Nos. 81 and 82, were issued during the year 
(March and September) . Together they amounted to 
Journal 226 pages, against 168 in 1919 and 192 in 1918. These 
figures do not compare favourably with those for the 
first 40 years of the Society when the average number of pages 
published each year amounted to 306. 
The variety of subjects dealt with was well maintained. There 
were fourteen papers on Malayan folk-lore, literature and local 
history, four on philology, three botanical papers and two on 
