24 Annual Report. [Feb. 



April 2oth, Ordinary Meeting. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, a copy of 

 Gnidi's Tables Alphahetiques du Kitab-al-agani, 1st Tasc, was ordered 

 to be purchased for the Society's Library. 



At the suggestion of Dr. Grierson, Mr. Gait's notes on the subject 

 of Historical Research in Assam were ordered to be published in the 

 Proceedings. 



Mr. Frank Finn was elected a member of the Council and Anthro- 

 pological Secretary in the place of the Hon. Mr. H. H. Risley and 

 Dr. A. W. Alcock to officiate as General Secretary in the place of 

 Mr. C. R. Wilson. 



Max) SOth, Ordinary Meeting. 



The purchase of the 2nd part of the Persian manuscript of 

 " Irshadu-z-zara'at," price Rs. 15 was approved. 



Mr. E. Teza was supplied with a copy of the Society's Journal, 

 Part I, No. 2 of 1888, containing Babu f arat Candra Das' article on 

 Tibetan characters. 



The purchase of a copy of the Persian manuscript of " Jamiu-1- 

 Qawami," was sanctioned. 



The publication of the index to the Riyazu-s-Salatin was sanc- 

 tioned. 



Mr. Finn was ordered to officiate as Natural History Secretary and 

 Dr. George Ranking, as General Secretary. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, an additional 

 grant of Rs. 300, making a total of Rs. 1,500, for the publication of the 

 " Sher Phyin " was sanctioned. 



A copy of the " Katalog der Arraenischen Manuscripte der Kloster- 

 bibliothek der Mechitharisten-Congregation in Wien " was oi'dered to 

 be purchased for the Society's Library. 



June 27th, Ordinary Meeting. 



Permission was granted to Professor F. Schwally of . Strassburg 

 to retain the manuscript of " Kitabu-1-Mahasui-wal-Masani Mahazirat " 

 till the coming autumn. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the purchase 

 of a copy of Mahendranath Chatterjee's English translation of the 

 f rimad-bhagavata. Book 1, was sanctioned. 



The offer of Mr. A. F. Goumeche to prepare the index to Major 

 Raverty's translation of the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, at Re. 1 per printed page, 

 was accepted. 



