1890.] Atmual Eeport. 37 



dial approval of the Lieutenant-Governor as to the manner in which the 

 Government Grants-in-aid of the Oriental Publication Fund, and the 

 Conservation of Sanskrit Manuscript Fund had been administered 

 during the year 1888. 



A letter from Monsieur A. Suchetet asking to be furnished with 

 the names of Naturalists belonging to the Society, and others, to whom 

 he could address enquiries concerning hybridity of bii'ds, reptiles insects, 

 &c., was referred to the Natural History Secretary for disposal. 



A proposal from the Trustees, Indian Museum, to accept an offer 

 made by Baron de Selys Longchamps to compile a catalogue of the 

 Odonata, to be issued as a Supplement to Part II of the Journal, was 

 approved, the Trustees agreeing to pay for the separate copies to be 

 supplied to them. The catalogue to be distributed only to those mem- 

 bei's who ask for it. 



It was resolved on the recommendation of Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, 

 supported by the Philological Committee, that Dr. Agornath Chatterjee 

 should be appointed to translate the Susruta, the present Editor, Dr. 

 R. Sen, having been obliged to resign in consequence of the pressure of 

 official duties. Dr. Chatterjee was informed that he would be required 

 to engage a Vaidya Pandit to assist him in the work, whose name must 

 be submitted to the Council for approval, and that he would be allowed 

 remuneration at the maximum rate of Rs. 3 per page to enable him to 

 secure the services of a really efficient person. 



The loan from the Society's Library of two books on Buddhism 

 was sanctioned to Dr. Karl Marz, of the Moravian Mission in Leh, a 

 Tibetan scholar ; also that he should be presented with a copy of each 

 fasciculus of the Society's Tibetan publications in the Bibliotheca 

 Indica. 



Read the prospectus of a work named the " Hellenistichen Relief- 

 bilder," in course of publication, to cost about £11 : it was decided that 

 the work was too expensive for purchase. 



September 2i6th, Ordinary Meeting. 



An application from the Librarian of the Natural Science Associa- 

 tion of Frankfurt a, Oder to be furnished with a copy of the Journal in 

 addition to the Proceedings, was declined. 



An exchange of publications from 1881 was sanctioned with the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York, the Journal, Part II, 

 being given for the Museum Bulletins and Annual Reports. 



A proposal to purchase a copy of a work on " American Spiders 

 and their spinning work " was referred to the Library Committee. 



Remuneration at the rate of Rs. 2/8 per page was sanctioned to Mr. 



