THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE COUNCIL.
The Council are glad to be able to report that the numbers of the Society are well maintained at over 410. Twenty new members have been elected, and five libraries added to the roll of subscribers. But they have to announce with regret the deaths of five members, among them that of Mr. J. B. Andrews, who had been actively associated with the Society since its foundation in 1878, and Mr. A. M. T. Jackson, assistant collector at Nasik in the Bombay Residency, who was assassinated in December last. There have been fifteen resignations, and the names of a few members who were in arrear with their subscriptions have been struck off the list. The Council again appeal for greater regularity in the payment of subscriptions. They are informed by the Secretary that he has found it necessary to send out more reminders than in any previous year, and a considerable number of subscriptions are still unpaid.
The papers read during the year have been as follows:
Jan. 20. The Presidential Address. (Folk-Lore, 1909, pp. 12-31.)
Feb. 17. "Head-hunting among the Hill Tribes of Assam" (illustrated by lantern slides). Mr. T. C. Hodson.
March 17. "The Religion of the Andaman Islanders." Mr. A. R. Brown.
April 21. "Personal Amulets (European)." Miss Lina Eckenstein.
May 19. "The Bantu Element in Swahili Folklore." Miss A. Werner.
June 16. "Folk-tales of the Lushais and their neighbours" (illustrated by lantern slides). Lieut.-Colonel J. Shakespear.
