xxii Annual Report. (February, 1906. 
. Justice Pargiter. The learned translator has furnished an 
elaborate introduction in which he shows that the work was 
composed at two widely distant periods, one probably some cen- 
turies before the beginning of the Christian era, and the other some 
centuries after it. The approaching retirement of Mr. Justice 
Pargiter cannot fail to be a source of sincere regret to every mem- 
ber of this Society, and the regret is deepened by the fact that 
there are few, if any, amongst the junior members of the dis- 
tinguished service to which he belongs, who are qualified to take 
his place in the field of Oriental scholarship. Another work which 
scripts 1s concerned, which was conducted under the supervision 
of Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Sastri, the progress 0 
operations durin ear is marked by three important events 
e search for Arabic and Persian manuscripts 
