Annual address delivered to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Caluctta, 2nd February, 1898

August Friedrich Rudolf Hoernle, India) Asiatic Society (Calcutta

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• Jainism
• Kolkata
• HIStory
• Buddhism
• India
• Civilization

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ADDRESSANNUAL ^^J^^lJ
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DELIVERED TO THE
SOCIETY OF BENGALASIATIC
BY
HOERNLE, Ph.D.,A. F. RUDOLF CLE.
PRESIDENT OP THE SOCIETY
1897-1898.
Calcutta, 2nd February, 1898.
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ADDRESSANNUAL
DELIVERED TO THE
OF BENGALSOCIETYASIATIC
BY
Ph.D.,HOERNLE, CLE.A. F. RUDOLF
THE SOCIETYPRESIDENT OF
1897-1898.
2nd February, 1898.Calcutta,
CALCUTTA
MISSION PRESS.BAPTIST
1898.DS
4.23ANNUAL ADDRESS,
1898.
Gentlemen,
deliver the usual annual address.I now rise to I confess that
the honour, last year, of nominating me to the post ofwhen you did me
it was the prospect that Iof your Society, should have toPresident
made hesitateaddress which me before I accepted yourdeliver such an
Looking over the annual addresses delivered with-proposal.honouring
that they haveyears, I notice been gradually growing toin the last ten
The last two addresses occupy respectively, inlarge dimensions.very
of our Proceedings.170 of the pages The thought thatprint, 154 and
"expected of me to break this record" causedit might be mepossibly
I lackedbecause 1 felt that both the ability and themisgivings,many
rather inclined at onedo so. Indeed I felt time to initiate aleisure to
returning to the previous long-prevailing customdeparture by ofnew
brief observationsmaking only a few on the past year'sthe President
Society. But my courage failed me ; I feltof the Iproceedings
greater weight thanit to some one of myself to make themust leave
help thinking that a return to the old practicebut I cannotchange ;
the Society. At this, thethe interests of busiest timebe wise inwould
be no stumbling-block put in the way ofthere shouldof the year,
themselves theto take upon responsible post ofwhom we desirethose
our Society.President of
which I wish topreliminary remarks make. One re-There are two
which has just been read. You willthe Report of the Council havefers to
with a deficit ofour accounts Rs. 3,417-1-2.that we closeobserved
considering that the regular conditionrather serious matter,is aThis
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is that our income just about balances ourof our finances expenditure.
two co-operating causes adeficit has been due to : decrease inThe our
increase in our expenditure. The main causereceipts and an of the
of Rs. 744 under the headformer is the reduction of subscriptions from
sixteen new members joined the Society duringmembers. Only the past
cause of much regret that theyear. It seems to me a Society does not
support as it deserves, especially fromreceive as much some of the
I would earnestlyscientific departments. impress upon our members
of increasing the resources of the Society bytbe necessity inducing
our numbers. The mainlarger accessions to cause of the increase
theexpenditure has been extraordinary cost of publishingin our
Parts I. and II. In Partour Journal I. eight numbers (including
Extras) have been issued instead of the usual four, and in Part II. one
important one, was unusually large.number, an Prom one point of
view, of course, this activity is very satisfactory but it caused the
;
to be exceeded by nearlybudget allowance Rs. 3,000. I trust that our
Secretaries, who so ably edit our Journals, will see the necessity of
in the ensuing year toendeavouring keep within the limits of their
allowances. There is a very special reason for the practice of economy.
with the rest ofcompany Calcutta our Society suffered heavily inIn
late earthquake. Our premises were severely damaged,the and we had
heavy bill for repairs doneto incur a by Messrs. Macintosh Burn & Co.
This bill, amounting to upwards of Rs. 5,500, will have to be paid in the
the year, and strongcourse of a effort must be made to meet it without
the resources of the Society. As one means of doing Icrippling so
suggest the advisability sellingwould of some of our oil-paintings.
are among them, I understand, a few of considerable value,There
example, of a rural scene hy theone, for younger Morland. Such
disposal of them, I venture to think, would be not only in thea
the Society,interests of but also of the pictures themselves, the proper
preservation of which, in the Calcutta climate, is a matter of great
difficulty.
The other point concerns a duty which it gives me very great
pleasure to discharge. It is to remind you of the valuable services of our
given by them to the Society voluntarily and at the sacrifice ofofficers
andtheir private time leisure. Mr. C. R. Wilson was our General
till the middle of April, when he was succeeded first bySecretary
Anderson and afterwardsDr. A R. S. by Dr. A. W. Alcock. Dr.
Ranking acted as our Philological Secretary till June, when he left
leave, and Dr. Bloch was appointed. MahamahopadhyayaCalcutta on
Hara Prasad Shastri carried on the duties of Joiut-Philological Secretary
the year did F. Finn and Niceville thosethroughout ; so Mr. Mr. L. de
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