1896.] Annual Report. 15 



Office of Secretaries. 



Dr. G. A. Grierson carried on the duties of Philological Secretary 

 and Editor of the Journal, Part I, throughout the year : — 



Dr. A. W. Alcock carried on the duties of Natural History Secre- 

 tary and Editor of the Journal, Part II, till June wlien he was absent 

 on deputation and Mr. Frank Finn took charge of the work in addition 

 to his own duties as Anthropological Secretary. 



Mr. Finn was appointed Anthropological Secretary in May. 



Mr. C. Little carried on the duties of Treasurer throughoat the 

 year. 



Mr. C. R. Wilson carried on the duties of General Secretary and 

 Editor of the Proceedings throughout the year except for two months 

 from April to May when Dr. Alcock officiated for hira. Dr. Alcock 

 continued for one month when he was absent on deputation, and 

 Dr. G. Ranking agreed to carry on the work till Mr. Wilson's return. 



Pandit Haraprasad f^astri was in charge of the Bihliotheca Indica 

 and the search of Sanskrit Manuscripts, and carried on the duties of 

 Joint Philological Secretary throughout the year. 



Mr. J. H. Elliott continued Assistant Secretary and Librarian 

 throughout the year. 



Pandit Harimohan Vidyabhiishana, the Pandit of the Society was 

 allowed leave, withoat pay, for 6 months from November and Pandit 

 Annadaprasad Sarasvati was appointed to officiate in his place. 



There were no other changes in the office establishment. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



The editing charges of sixteen and the printing charges of twenty- 

 one fasciculi were paid for ; the total outlay being 7,000 rupees in 

 round numbers. The average cost of each fasciculus, including both the 

 charges, is 368 rupees. 



A descriptive catalogue of works published is given below : — 



A. Arabic-Persian Series. 



I. The Council sanctioned in the year 1884, the publication of the 

 English translation of the first volume of Muntakhabu-t-Tawarlkh by 

 Abdul Qadir, the Badaoni. It was arranged that it should be pre- 

 pared uniformly with Mr. Lowe's translation of the second volume 

 then in the course of preparation. Maulvi Abul Khair of the Mad- 

 rasah College was requested to take the work in hand. For various 

 reasons the editor could not commence work, and the work was kept in 

 abeyance. Last year Dr. George Ranking accepted the editorship, and 

 he has published his first fasciculas with copious annotations, Fasc. I. 



