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and specimens of writing brought back by him. I think I may say that 

 this lecture was one of the most interesting and most appreciated features 

 of the Congress. A resolution expressing the thanks of the Congress to 

 the Government of India for the encouragement to Oriental research 

 given by their support of Dr. Sfcein's expedition, and appreciation of the 

 highly important results achieved, proposed by Professor Henri Cordier, 

 of Paris, and seconded by Professor Macdonell, of Oxford, was passed, 

 which, having been confirmed by the general meeting at the end of the 

 Congress, will be noticed further on. 



A meeting was held on the 8th September of the International 

 Committee of the India Exploration Fund, at which I presided. Little 

 in the way of collecting subscriptions for this object in the countries 

 representatives of which attended had been possible during the years 

 which have elapsed since the Rome Congress of 1899 ; but the proceed- 

 ings taken were described, and further measures likely to promote the 

 interest of the Fund discussed. It was resolved to invite the general 

 meeting to re-appoint the committee. 



Professors Kuhn and Scherman, of Munich, laid before the Indiau 

 Section a report on the progress made with their Indian Bibliography, 

 to which a subvention has been promised by the Secretary of State for 

 India in Council. 



I annex to this report extracts from the 10th Bulletin of the Con- 

 gress setting forth the resolutions formally passed at the general 

 meeting of the 10th September, so far as they touch on subjects of 

 interest to the Indian Government. 



Resolution No. 14 deals with the newly established " International 

 Association for the Exploration of Central and Eastern Asia," with 

 headquarters at St. Petersburg. 



Resolution No. 15 deals with the publication of the Proceedings of 

 the Congress. It will be seen that it has been decided no longer to 

 publish communications in extenso, and it may be expected that the 

 abstract of Proceedings which, under the new arrangement, will form 

 the record of the Congress, will be received at an early date. 



I have, etc., 



C. J. Lyall. 



The Under Secretary of State 

 for India. 



Resolutions of the XHIth International Congress of Orientalists, passed at 

 the General Meeting of the \Qth September ; 1902. 

 No. 3. The combined Indian, Central Asian, and Far Eastern 

 Sections of the XHIth International Congress of Orientalists, held at 



