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other ofthem. It is nevertheless much to be deplored that the Go- 
vernment has not yet, at the eleventh hour I may say, made us ac- 
quainted with the course which it proposes to pursue. 
The Society has, I regret to state, sustained the loss of several 
valuable members by death during the past year. The names are 
all given in the Report of the Council, and I will only repeat one 
. or two of them here. 
Of these, Mr. Avdall was our oldest member. He was elected so 
long ago as the year 1826, and always maintained a strong interest 
in the welfare of the Society. He contributed several papers to 
the Journal. 
Babu Kaliprosona Singh, although at the time of his death still 
a young man, had distinguished himself by his Bengali translation 
of the Mahabharat in 18 volumes. He had also translated some 
Sanscrit Dramas, and was known as the author of Sketches by 
Hootoone. 
Mr. Ormsby, was fora short time one of the Honorary Secretaries 
of the Society. 
And Lt. Beavn was a naturalist of considerable promise. 
I have already spoken of the success which has attended the ad- 
ministration of our funds during the year, just terminated and have 
acknowledged how much we owe to Colonel Hyde for his exertions 
in this department. We are not the less indebted to our other Ho- 
norary, Secretaries, Mr. Blochmann and Dr. Stoliczka, who by their 
unwearied labours, and the application of their great literary and 
scientific acquirements have brought our Journal, in the Philologi- 
cal and Natural History parts respectively, to ahigh pitch of excel- 
lence. Also both Babu Rajendralala Mitra and Mr. Blochmann 
have done great public service by most ably editing, and superin- 
tending the publication of the Sanscrit and Persian works which 
we have been able to issue under the Government grant for that 
purpose ; and the other learned pundits, engaged in the undertaking, 
have done their work in a manner deserving our best commenda- 
tion. ; 
The salaried staff of the Society, with Babu Protapachandra 
Ghosha at their head, have performed their several duties to the 
entire satisfaction of the Council. 
