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ably connected with the Calcutta Medical College. The Annual 

 Meeting of Fellows has recommended for election to-night to 

 the Fellowship of the Society, Lt.-Colonel C. Donovan, I.M.S., 

 joint discoverer of the Leishman-Donovan parasite of the dreaded 

 kala^azar. the Hon'ble Mr. Burn, I.C.S., whose work at numis- 

 matics is so widely known, and Dr. Fermor, whose researches 

 on Geology in India are of the greatest importance. The 

 addition of these names will worthily maintain the reputation 

 of our Fellowship. The Barclay Memorial Medal has been 

 awarded to Mr. S. Gamble, F.R.S., who has devoted so mam 

 years of his retirement to work at the Flora of the Malay Penin- 

 sula, which our Society is publishing. 



Much important work has been undertaken during the 

 year. The cataloguing of the Sanskrit manuscripts has now 

 reached a stage which will enable publication to be shortly 

 commenced. New rules have been adopted by the Council 

 regarding the publications of the Bibliotheca Ind'ica, which are 

 expected to have important results in the future. The Society 

 has also financed Dr. Tessitori's expenses, other than his 

 salary, which is paid by the Government of India, who were 

 however unable to see their way to finding the money for other 

 necessary expenditure, while the Rajputana States had not 

 come forward with the help which was expected from them in 

 support of a study of their own history. But for the Society's 

 help which necessitated our drawing on our reserve funds this 

 important work would have had to be suspended. Fortunately 

 H.H. The Maharaja of Bikanir has now come forward with a 

 proposal to support the work. 



The general meetings of the Society have been well attend- 

 ed and many important papers have been published. The 

 arrangement by which Philological and Scientific papers are 

 respectively read at different meetings, has worked well. The 

 Medical Section, however, has fallen on evil days owing to so 

 many members having gone to the front. Only three meetings 

 have been held with very poor attendance of members, although 

 a number of visitors came to hear a paper on the treatment of 

 cholera. 



Some much-needed anthropological works have been added 

 to the library. 



Mrs. Cama has also presented to the Society a valuable 

 collection of oriental works, which are being kept separately as 

 the Cama bequest. 



Some Therapeutic Advances made in India and the 

 need for further investigation of indigenous 



Drugs. 



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Report which has been circulated to all our members, I do not 



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