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Society extends over many years. He has done much valuable 

 work for us and has filled the posts of Treasurer and Vice- 

 President. Dr. Denison Ross has been the Philological Secre- 

 tary of the Society for over ten years. He signalised his tenure 

 of that post by bringing about a revival of interest in Tibetan 

 studies. It was through his efforts that an important work in 

 manuscript by the celebrated Hungarian traveller and scholar 

 Csoma de Kotos was printed and published, and it was at his 

 instance that the Society engaged a Lama to work on the 

 Tibetan manuscripts owned by the Society. 



The Society, as you are aware, has been engaged for many 

 years in the search after valuable Sanskrit manuscripts on 

 behalf of Government. Dr. Denison Ross obtained the sanc- 

 tion and pecuniary assistance of the Government of India to a 

 similar search being made for rare Arabic and Persian manu- 

 scripts known to be scattered throughout India, with the result 

 that there is now stored, side by side with the Society's own 

 collection, some 3,000 manuscripts in these languages which in 

 proper hands should throw much further light on points con- 

 nected with Indian history. 



Dr. Ross' services to literature and research have been 

 invaluable to us in India, and we know how greatly they will 

 bs appreciated in the sphere of his new labours. 



Our best wishes go with Dr. Ross and Mr. Hooper in their 

 new spheres of work ; we feel sure that we shall always be 

 proud to think that we have counted them among our active 

 members, and we know that this Society will always have a 

 warm place in their hearts. 



♦ 



The President announced the election of Officers and Mem- 

 bers of Council to be as follows : 



President. 



His Excellency the Right Hon'ble Thomas David Baron 

 Carmichael of Skirling, G.C.I.E., K.C.M.G. 



Vice-Presidents. 



The Hon'ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya, Kt., 



C.S.I., D.L., D.Sc , F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S., F.A.S.B. 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri, CLE.. M.A., 



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Lieut. -Col.' L. Rogers, CLE., M.D., B.S., F.R.C.P., 



F.R.C.S., F.A.S.B., I.M.S. 

 Colonel S. G. Bnrrad. C.S.I., R.E., F.R.S. 



