PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 
j^OR j^EBRUARY, 18J9, 
The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on 
Wednesday, the 5th of February, 1879 at 9 o’clock p. h. 
W. T. Blanford, F. B. S., President, in the Chair. 
According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered the 
voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Members of 
Council for 1879, and appointed Drs. King and Cayley, Scrutineers. 
The President then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual 
Keport. 
^Annual Report for 1878 . 
In presenting to the Society the customary review of the state and 
progress of its affairs during the past year, the Council are glad to be again 
able to report that the condition of the Society is satisfactory, as regards 
the state of its finances and the interest that continues to be shown in its 
operations, as evidenced by the accession of members and the number and 
variety of the communications received for publication. 
During the year 1878, 35 new Members joined the Society, a larger 
number than usual. The losses, by death (9), by retirement (11), and re¬ 
moval (31) amount to 51. The number of Ordinary Members at the close 
of the year was therefore 327 against 345 in 1877. Of the Ordinary Mem¬ 
bers 29 are absent from India, so that the effective list now numbers 117 
Resident, 153 11011 -Resident, 15 Foreign and 13 Life Members. 
The annexed tabular Statement shows the fluctuation in the number of 
the Ordinary Members during the past 6 years. 
