42 H. Beveridge — Major Francklins description of Gaur. [Feb. 



The following books have been stopped for vai-ious reasons: — • 



1. Apastamba-9rauta-SLitra. 



2. Lalita-vistara (English Translation). 



3. Su9ruta. 



4. Anubhasya. 



5. Qribhasya. 



The following list of works sanctioned and approved by the Council 

 but not taken in hand, has been di^awn up in order of urgency : — 



1. Sarjkhya-pravacana-bhasya. 



2. Hiranya-ke^i-sutra (Qi'auta). 



3. Baudhayana-siitra ((^I'auta). 



4. Vipaka-sutra. 



5. Natadhamma-katha-sutta. 



6. Saddharma-pundarika. 



7. Smrti-candrika. 



8. Tawarikh i Yamini. 



9. Tawarikh i Wassaf. 

 We further recommend that Mr. Beveridge shoukl be invited to 



translate the Akbarnama, that Mahtimahopadhyaya Chandra-kanta 

 Tarkcilankara be invited to continue the edition of the Atharvana- 

 upanisads, and that Surgeon-Major Ranking be invited to continue 

 the translation of the Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. The Nasal Index Compared upon the Head and Skull — With Notes 

 upon the Nasal Bones, and Anterior Nasal Aperture. — By R. Havelock 

 Charles, Esq., M.D., M. Ch., F.R.C.S.I., F.Z.S., Bengal Medical Service. 

 Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary. 



2. Note on the Tribes, Clans, and Castes of Nepal — By Captain 

 Eden Vansittart. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary. 



The papers will be published in the Journal, Part III. 



3. Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. — By George 

 King, Esq., M.B., LL.D., F.R.S., C.I.E., Superintendent, Royal Butanic 

 Garden, Sibpur. 



The paper will be published in the Jozirnal, Part II. 



4. The Honorary Philological Secretary read, — Note on Major 

 Francklins Description of Gaur. — By H. Beveridge, I. C. S. (Betd.) 



(Abstract.) 



This account of Gaur was a report submitted to the Court of 

 Directors in the year 1812, by Major Francklin, entitled " Journal 



