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alteration or I'epoal of any existing Bi/e-laiv, is recommended by the 

 Council, or proposed by ten or more Ordinary Members, the Council 

 shall cause to be sent to every Member of the Society entitled to vote, 

 a statement of the proposed changes and the reasons for them, with 

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 directed in Rule 65. Provided always that no change in the Bi/e-latvs 

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Pkoposkh change in Rule 78 : For Bye-law read " Rule." 

 Reanon : The word " Bye-law " is nowhere else mentioned in these 

 rules. 



Rule 79. These Rules shall take effect from tlie I5th Novemher, 

 1876. All previous Rules, Regulations, and Bije-laws are hereby res- 

 cinded from that date. 



Proposed alteration in Rule 79 : For 15th November, 1876^ 

 read 15th August, 1899 ; and omit the words " and Bye-laws." 



Dr. M. A. Stein exhibited an old manuscript of certain Parvans of 

 the Mahdbhdrata, written in S'arada characters and recently purchased 

 by him in Kasmir. In his accompanying remarks Dr. Stein drew 

 attention to the special interest attaching to the codex owing to the 

 additional entries made in it by an old ghjssator, already known from 

 the codex archetypus of Kalhana's Rajalarangini and designated as Ag 

 in Dr. Stein's edition of the latter text. A curious Sanskrit deed of 

 sale referring to this Mahabharata MS. and recorded on one of its 

 fly-leaves by the hand of Ag, makes it now possible to ascertain exactly 

 the time and person of this learned glossator whose notes and readings 

 are of great value for the critical study of the Kasmir Chronicle. 



The deed of sale itself is a document of antiquarian interest. It is 

 the first Sanskrit record of this kind which has hitherto come to light 

 in Kasmir and shows in its form and phraseology close agreement with 

 the formularies found in the curious Kasmirian Kosa known as 

 Ksemendra's LokapraJcdsa. The record of the sale price in the deed is 

 of interest as an illustration of the traditional system of monetary 

 reckoning in Kasmir. A curious side-light is thrown by it on the 

 economic conditions of old Kasmir. 



Dr. Stein intends to publish his notes regarding the codex as soon 

 as arrangements can be made for the early reproduction of the folio 

 containing the deed of sale iu one of the Journals serving Oriental 

 research. 



