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APPENDIX VILNORTH-CHINA BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATICSOCIETY.The present officers of the Society are :President, SirPelham Warren, K.C.M.G.; Vice-President, T. W. Kingsmill,Esq.; Hon. Secretary, John C. Ferguson, Ph.D.; Hon. Treasurer,E. S. Little, Esq.; Hon. Librarian, Mrs. F. Ayscough ;Hon.Curator, Dr. A. Stanley ;Councillors, Col. C. D. Bruce, W. G.Lay, Esq., W. E. Leveson, M.A., Dr. Prof. C. du Bois-Reyniond,Rev. S. Cotiling.The Society maintains a library which is open tothe public.It has recently been re-catalogued and madeavailable for immediate use by the adoptionof a cardindex. This library is one of the most valuable inexistence on subjects connected with China.A museum is also supported by the Society, containing a large collection of birds, butterflies, and moths,and other specimens of general scientific interest.Membership in the Society is obtained by the proposal and seconding of a candidate by members of theSociety. The subscription is $5 per annum, whichentitles to a copy of the Society s journal, containingpapers of special interest to Chinese students. Manymissionaries belong to the Society,

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