22 Annual Beport. [Feb. 



Bibliotheea Indica. 



Thirty-five fasciculi were published during the year, of which six 

 were in the Arabic-Persian, twenty-seven in the Sanskrit, and two in 

 the Tibetan series. They belong to twenty-one different works, of 

 which four are in the Arabic-Persian, fifteen in the Sanskrit, and two 

 in the Tibetan series. There was one new publication, the Tiizuh-i- 

 Jehdngiri, in the first series, and two in the second series, viz., Mdr- 

 handeija Piirdna and Brihad-devatd : no new works were taken up in the 

 Tibetan series. All these three works had been sanctioned for pub- 

 lication some years ago, but had not been hitherto commenced. On 

 the other hand four works have been completed during the year, viz.y 

 two in the Arabic-Persian, and two in the Sanskrit series. The former 

 are the Isdbdh and the MuntaMabu-t-TawdnJch, the latter are Manutika 

 Sangraha, and the Sdnikhyd Sutra Vritti. To these may be added four 

 works which were completed in the preceeding year, viz., the Zafar- 

 ndmah in the Arabic-Persian series,and the AshtasdhasriM Prajnd Pdra- 

 mitd, the Kdla Mddhava, and the Vdiju Purdna in the Sanskrit series. 



In the Annual Report for the preceding year (p. 29) it was stated 

 that 50 fasciculi had been estimated as the annual out-turn for the 

 ensuino- year, at a probable cost of Rs. 18,800 : the actual out-turn 

 has been 35 fasciculi, as stated above. The expenditure out of the 

 Oriental PublicatioQ Fund during the year amounted to Rs. 15,983, 

 which includes printing charges for 44 fasciculi and editing charges for 

 86 fasciculi, and gives an average of Rs. 399 for each fasciculus. For 

 the year 1890 the out-turn may be reckoned at 44 fasciculi. These, at 

 the average rate of Rs. 377 of the past two years, will cost Rs. 16,588. 

 The averao-e annual income, calculated on the receipts of the last five 

 years, is Rs. 12,912, which gives an excess of estimated expenditure 

 over average income of Rs. 3,676, towards meeting which there is a 

 balance of Rs. 3,695. At the end of the current year this balance will 

 be practically used up, it being reduced to Rs. 19. It will therefore be 

 impossible to devote, as it had at one time been contemplated, the sum 

 of Rs. 3,000 out of the balance, for the purchase of a set of the Tibetan 

 work " Tan-gyur," in block print. Nor will it be possible to sanction 

 any new works to be published in the Bibliothpca Indica until a con- 

 siderable portion of the works already sanctioned, is completed. 



Dr. A. Chattei'ji has been appointed to continue the translation 

 of the " Sim-uta," Dr. R. Sen, who had undertaken the work, having 

 been obliged to resign on account of the pressure of his official duties. 



It has been decided to abandon the further publication of the 

 Prithvi Raj Rasau, the work not being historical, and there being grave 



