February, 1921.] Annual Report. xv 
one evening a month to the consideration of scientific medical 
work and papers many of the leading medical practioners of 
Calcutta are “ otherwise engaged.”’ 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 
The most important event during the year under this 
head was the holding of a Conjerence in London with regard 
to the future of the Catalogue. The Conference was organised 
by the Royal Society and delegates were invited from the 
different countries. Dr. H. H. Hayden, C.I.E,, D.Sc., F.R.S., 
was elected by the Society as its delegate to the Conference. 
The decision of the Conference has been recently communicated 
London. 
Index slips of almost all the scientific papers published in 
Indian Journals for which no slips have been sent to the 
Central Bureau before have been prepared, thus practically 
bringing the work up to date. These are being despatched to 
the Central Bureau. 
Bureau of Information. 
Very little work was done in this department of the So- 
ciety’s activities, but after the census operations are over a 
Jarge number of references are expected. 
Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS. 
chronological order. The second volume, on the edas, is in 
the press, but owing to the paucity of good compositors and 
the high price of paper the progress is very slow. A second 
Press is going to be engaged for the third volume, on Smrti. 
Arabic and Persian Manuscript Search and Catalogue. 
During the year 1919 no MS. was purchased on behalf of 
Government. 
The Government of India has continued the grant of 
Rs. 5,000 a year for the next five years for the purposes for 
which the Research und was instituted. 
