XXIV Annual Report. {February, 1915. 
Dr. Bentley read an interesting paper on Malaria in Lower 
Bengal, its origin and its remedy, which gave rise to a good 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 
Dr. W. A. K. Christie and Mr. F. H. Gravely were in 
charge of the Regional Bureau until April, when Dr. Christie 
left India for Europe and Mr. Gravely resigned. The Physical 
Science Secretary and the Biological Secretary were appointed 
oint Honorary Secretaries of the Bureau. Dr. Annandale, 
the Biological Secretary, resigned in October and Dr. Pom 
Briihl was appointed to succeed him. 
1183 index slips were forwarded during the year to the | 
Central Bureau and 92 volumes of the Catalogue were distri- 
buted. 
The expenses of the Regional Bureau amounted to Rs. 
546-2-2. 
Bureau of Information, 
The final proof of the catalogue of manuscripts in the 
Bishop’s College Library has been corrected and returned, and 
a few enquiries have been replied to. His Excellency the 
Governor gave a hope that steps would be taken to give a wide 
circulation to the fact that there is a Bureau of Information 
in the Rooms of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, as it is not felt 
that full use is made of it by the public. 
The Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts. 
mmentary of Laghu Kalacakrayana. The commentary 
by Pundarika, who considered himself to be an incarnation of 
Avolokitesvara. It is written in the Bengali character of Central 
Bengal and it was copied during the reign of Harivarma Deva 
of Bengal (950-1000 a.p. e work is known only in its Tibe- 
tan translation. The Sanskrit manuscript may therefore be 
regarded a great find. 
