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their condition that the Editor should employ a Vaidya Pandit, whose 

 name must be submitted for approval. 



Babu Haran Chandra Gupta was appointed to act as Assistant 

 Librarian during the absence on leave of Mr. J. H. Elliott. 



The lists of OfiBce Bearers and Members of Council for 1890 were 

 ordered to be circulated to the Members of Council. 



Deceinher 19th, Ordinary Meeting. 



On the application of Pandit Chandrakanta Tarkalankara, the 

 loan of a Manuscript of the Parasara Madhava-Vyavahara-kanda was 

 obtained from the Benares College, to assist him in editing the Parasara 

 Madhava for the Bibliotheca Indica. 



A Catalogue drawn up by Dr. Hoernle of a collection of coins 

 formed by Captain De Lgessoe in Central Asia, submitted by the 

 Trustees of the Indian Museum, was accepted for publication as a sup- 

 plement to the Journal, Part I, the Trustees contributing two-thirds 

 of the whole cost of printing, in return for 150 separate copies. 



The lists of Office Bearers and Members of Council for the ensui no- 

 year were approved. 



Mr. C. Little was appointed a Trustee of the Indian Museum on 

 behalf of the Asiatic Society in the vacancy caused by the resignation 

 of Dr. Rajendralala Mitra. 



The Report having been read the President invited the meeting to 

 put any questions or to offer any remarks which any member might 

 think necessary in connection therewith. 



No remai'ks having been offered the President moved the adoption 

 of the report. The motion was unanimously carried. 



The President then addressed the Meeting. 



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DDRESS. 



It is unnecessary for me to say much more regarding the workino- 

 of the Society after the report which has just been read. It is satis- 

 factory to note that our member list showed a small increase and that 

 the publications of the year have been unusually voluminous and, in point 

 of interest and variety of the subjects treated on, compare favourably 

 with those of previous years. Also that the Catalogue of Tibetan MSS. 

 has been published and that of the Persian works in the Library is ap- 

 proaching completion. The year has necessarily been one of quiet and 

 as far as possible, of economy, in order to allow our finances to recover 



