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ing families of Rajputana and Gujrat, it is desirable that the 

 work in search of Bardic chronicles should be continued, and 

 if other states follow the example set by the enlightened Darbar 

 of Jodhpur, the work will be easy and less costly, and the 

 Government of India would earn the gratitude of their Hindu 

 subjects for their endeavour to preserve the historical literature 

 of Western India, as they have done by the conservation of 

 Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts. 



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The Report having been read, and some copies having 

 been distributed, the Hon. Mr. Justice Asutosh Muklio- 

 padhyaya, Vice-President, delivered an address. 



Annual Address, 1909. 



Gentlemen, 



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During the last four years, it has been my privilege to ad- 

 dress the Society thrice on the occasion of our annual gatherings. 



months 



office 



last 



listen to a learned and brilliant discourse from my distinguished 

 friend Sir Thomas Holland. The absence of Sir Thomas Hol- 

 land, however, has deprived us not only of his able guidance 

 but also of what would undoubtedly have proved one of the 

 most striking of our long series of Presidential addresses. No 

 one regrets more keenly than Sir Thomas himself his inability 

 to address us this evening, and it is at his special request that I 

 have undertaken to review in brief outline the present position 

 of the Society, and the progress of our work during the past 

 year, and I trust I may claim your indulgence, however im- 

 perfect the execution of my task may be. 



The first point upon which one naturally feels tempted to 

 dwell on such an occasion, is the steady continuance of our 

 material prosperity. The growth of the numerical strength of 

 the Society, to which I referred on the last occasion, has been 

 maintained with undiminished vigour. In fact, during the last 

 six years the strength of the Society has been increased by 

 nearly forty per cent. We are indebted to the members of the 

 Medical profession, in a considerable measure, for this accession 

 of strength. It is a matter of some satisfaction that the 

 Council has now found it possible to provide a special grant for 

 the formation of a Reference Medical Library, and the sum of 

 Rs. 3,000, sanctioned for this purpose, will be spent in the 



