10 Annual lieport. [Fkh. 



Tt was ordered tliat ilie Cataloj^ue of the Oriental Works in the 

 Sociely's Librnry compiled liy Pandit Katija Beliarj^ Nja^'ablinslian, be 

 printed at the char<(es of the O. P. Fund. 



On the I'eport of the Seorefaty npon the present financial position 

 of Journals, Parts I-IT, and Proceedings, it was ordered that the out- 

 standing account for 1897 be paid and if necessary', Government Paper 

 be sold out for the purpose. The budget grants for current year be 

 kept separate and the Secretaries form a Sub-coraraittee to report to 

 Conncil as to the possibility of any reduction in the cost of printing 

 the Society's publications. 



September 30/7?. 



On an application from the South African Museum, Cape Town, 

 an offer was made of the Society's Proceedings and Journa , Part II, in 

 exchange for their " Annals." 



On an application from the Royal Geogi^aphical Society of Austra- 

 lasia, Adelaide, an offer was made of the Society's Proceedings and 

 JoJirnnl, Parts II-III, in exchange for their " Proceedings." 



It was agreed, to lend the manuscript of the " Bodliicaryavatara- 

 tika " to Professor L. de la Vallee Poussin on the guarantee of the Uni- 

 versity of Ghent. 



Tlie proposal of Dr. Hoernle to publish liis report on the Central 

 Asian Antiquities as an Extra Number of Journal, Part I for 1899, was 

 approved, provided the Government of India supplied the plates and 

 p;iid for their extra copies. 



At the instance of Sir George King, F.R.S., it was resolved io 

 address the Government of the Straits Settlements witli regard to a 

 suggested contribution towards the publication in Journal, Part II, of 

 the "Malayan Flora." 



The relining of the picture of the Farmer's Household by Morland 

 at a cost of Rs. 40 was sanctioned. 



The following recommendations of the Sub-committee appointed to 

 consider means for reducing expenditure on the publications of the 

 Society were approved. 



That in the Proceedings : — 



(i) The List of accessions to Library be condensed 



(a) by the omission of Blue books not having a Literary, Scientific, 

 Archaeological, or other special interest (e.g., Traffic Returns) ; 



(6) by entering all Serials once a year instead of once a month. 



(ii) The Extracts from the Proceedings of Council pnblish.ed with 

 the Annual Report be much further contracted. 



