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February, 1910.] Annual Report. 



were purchased, and 3,079 were either presented or received in 

 exchange. 



Part II of the Library Catalogue up to the letter L lias 

 been published, and the third part to end of the letter R is 

 under revision, and will be published shortly. 



A large collection of books and MSS. in the Oriental 

 language was presented by Shams-ul-ulama Ahmad 'Abdu-1-Aziz 

 Khan Bahadur, of Hyderabad, Deccan, to the Society's Library, 

 and a Catalogue of the collection has been prepared and will 

 be published shortly. 



A Catalogue of the Copper-plates in the possession of the 



Society has been prepared, and will be published in the Society's 

 Journal. 



Mr. J. H. Elliott has continued as Assistant Secretary 

 throughout the year. 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 



The work of the Regional Bureau has not been light. 

 The number of index slips sent to London for the Catalogue 

 during the year was 2,527 ; and the accounts from the initiation 

 of the Bureau have been subjected to a complete scrutiny. 

 Of course, pari passu with the increase of scientific workers in 

 India, the number of index slips annually increases, as the 

 following figures show : — 



1907 

 J 908 



1909 



• • 



1,189 



2,147 

 i\527 



To meet the increased work, all labour-saving device- that 

 suggest themselves are adopted. 



The scrutiny of the Bureau's accounts was made in order 

 that the books might be compared with those of the Central 



Bureau. 



Accounts up to date will be found in statement No. 13 of the 



appendix. As there shown, the maintenam e of the Bureau 

 has cost the Government of India Rs. 6,169-10-7, or approxi- 



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the earlier years. The Regional Bureau 

 volumes in India and collected Rs. 34,543-10-3 in subscriptions. 

 The sum of Rs. 991-5-0 is still due on the fourth and sixth annual 

 issues The Bureau has received and distributed m India 

 volumes to the value of £2,371-0-7, and towards the payment 

 for them has remitted to London £1,963-16-11 at a c« t 

 of Rs 29 414-3-2. When the Bureau shall have collected 

 the sum of Rs. 991-5-0 overdue, it will hold a balance of 

 Rs. 6,120-12-1 from subscriptions, which amount i- • little 



more than will be the cost of the remittance at the pre* nfl an 



fn,-r.„raKio ratA nf Mclianm of the £407-3-8 due to London. 



