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proposed agreement wiih Messrs. Constable and Co., and to circulate them 

 to Council for approval, together with the existing terms with Messrs. 

 Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner and Co. 



A letter from the Hon'ble Mr. H. H. Risley to the effect that he had 

 withdrawn Pt. Ill, No. 1, of the Society's Journal and completely re- 

 arranged the matter, was recorded. 



The list of petty charges submitted by the Baptist Mission Press, not 

 formally accepted by the Society, was referred to the Finance Committee. 



It was agreed at the suggestion of the General Secretary that 

 Dr. A. W. Alcock should be offered a seat on the Council of the Society 

 in the place of Mr. E. C. Cotes, resigned. 



It was agreed to lend " Maitrayani Q!akha " and " Manava (^ulva 

 Siitra," two Sanskrit Manuscripts, to Prof. Dr. F. Knaueronthe security 

 of the University of Kiew. 



The pay of the Assistant Secretary of the Society was liaised to 

 Rs. 100, from the first of January 1894. 



On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretaiy, a copy of 

 the " General Catalogue of Hemiptera," by L. Lethierry and G. Severin, 

 was ordei-ed to be purchased for the Library. 



On the recommendation of the General Secretary the purchase of a 

 copy of J\Iaj or- General Malcolm's " Life of Lord Clive " for the Library 

 was agreed to. 



JMr. G. A. Grierson i-etumed from leave and relieved Dr. Hoernle 

 of the Philological Secretaryship to the Society. 



December 28th, Ordinary Meeting. 



With reference to the request of the President of the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Science that the Asiatic Society of Bengal should 

 memorialize the Government for the transmission of objects of Natural 

 History to the Union countries at the rate of ' samples of merchandise,' 

 and not at ' letter rates,' which are ten times gi-eater than those of samples 

 of merchandise, it was resolved to forward a copy of the Circular to the 

 Trustees of the Indian Museum, with an intimation that if they were of 

 opinion that a memorial should be framed, the Asiatic Society was willing 

 to co-operate. 



A letter from the Hon'ble Major E. Noel, to the effect that he must 

 give up the translation of the " Muntakhabu-t-Tawarikh " ior the Blhlio- 

 tlieca Indic.a, as he was going on a year's leave to England, and may not 

 retui-n to India, was referred to the Philological Committee. 



Dr. A. W. Alcock's acceptance of the seat on the Council of the 

 Society was recorded. 



The acknowledgment from Professor Dr. R. Semon of the sum of 



