122 Announcements. [Nov. 



The President announced : — 



1. That the Council had appointed Mr. E. H. Walsh, I.C.S., An- 

 thropological Secretary of the Society in the place of Mr. E. A. Gait, 

 resigned. 



2. That during the absence of the Hon. Dr. Asutdsh Mukhopadhyaya, 

 Mr. J. Macfarlane had been carrying on the duties of Treasurer, and 

 that Dr. C. R. Wilson, having returned from leave, had taken over 

 charge of the office of Treasurer from Mr. Macfarlane. 



3. That Mr. E. P. Stebbing had been appointed to serve on the 

 Library and Library Catalogue Committees, and Mr. I. H. Burkill on the 

 Library Committee of the Society during the present year. 



4. That the Council had appointed Pandit Asutosh Tarkatirtha as 

 the Resident Pandit attached to the Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts, in 

 the place of Pandit Hari Kishore Goswami, resigned. 



5. That the Council had decided that the Members of the Bombay, 

 Madras, Ceylon, and Singapore Branches of the Royal Asiatic Society, 

 when in Calcutta, should have the right of attending the Society's General 

 Meetings. 



6. That the Council had decided that the Secretaries of the various 

 branches should be responsible for recording the discussions on papers, 

 and they should decide whether the discussion, or what part of it, should 

 be printed. 



7. That in connection with the Scientific Lectures delivered in the 

 Society's Hall, the Council had resolved that they could not undertake 

 the business any further. 



8. That the Council had further resolved that the system of trans- 

 literation adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society should be also adopted 

 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The General Secretary reported for confirmation by the General 

 Meeting that the Hon. Mr. Justice F. E. Pargiter, B.A., I.C.S., had been 

 elected President, vice the Hon. Mr. C. W. Bolton, C.S.I., I. C.S., resigned. 



The General Secretary reported the presentation of 2 gold, 6 silver, 

 and 2 copper coins from the Honorary Secretary, Bombay Branch, Royal 

 Asiatic Society, found in the various districts in the Bombay Presidency. 



Mr. E. H. Walsh exhibited a collection of stone implements found 

 in the Darjeeling district. 



The Natural History Secretary, Mr. Stebbing, exhibited specimens 

 of the 6 1 and $ moths of Duomitus leuconotus, Walker, a species of 



