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the paramount necessity for the establishment of a properly 

 equipped sanitorium for the treatment of phthisis, a mode of 

 treatment which has produced the most beneficial result in 

 other civilized countries. This Resolution was presented b\ 

 our President to His Excellency the Viceroy who is the Patron 

 of our Society. I trust that, even in these time* of financial 

 stress, the complete fulfilment of the object in view will not be 

 unduly delayed. One may, I hope without offence, further 

 venture to maintain the opinion that if the major portion, if 

 not the whole, of the funds raised for the purpose of a Marble 

 Memorial to Her late Majesty the Queen Empress were devoted 

 to the foundation of an institution for the amelioration of 

 suffering humanity, it would be more consonant to the wishes 

 of the people amongst whom the memory of the good Queen 

 will ever be held in loving remembrance as that of the Mother 

 of her beloved subjects. 



There are three other departments of activity in which 

 notable work has been accomplished by members of the Society 

 during the last twelve months. The publication of Sanskrit 

 and Arabic Works in the Bibliotheca Indica has made steady 

 progress throughout the year. In the branch of Sanskrit studies 

 the most important publications undoubtedly are the editions 

 of the ancient work on Ritual by Govila which have nearly been 

 completed under the able editorship of Pundit Chandrakanta 

 Tarkalankar who possesses a deep and wide knowledge of the vast 

 literature on the subject. We have also made an important 

 advance in the matter of publication of Jain Works, one of which 

 dealing with the subject of Logic was composed in the eighth 

 century and is being edited by Dr. Satis Chandra, whilst the 

 other dealing with the life and teaching of Santinath, the 

 famous Jain Saint, is being edited by Munindra Bijoy. In the 

 department of Arabic studies, where our members, in recent 

 years, have not indicated the same measure of activity as in the 

 department of Sanskrit studies, we have, I am glad to be able 

 to say, evidence of solid work well advanced or accomplished. 

 The most important is undoubtedly the edition brought out 

 by Dr. Ross of Abu Turab's History of Guzrat, The work 

 appears to have been composed towards the end of the sixteenth 

 century and gives a valuable account of the history of Bahadur 

 Shah, his wars with Humayun and the conquest of Guzrat 

 by Akbar. Other historicafworks of considerable importance 

 have also been pushed forward during the year. Of these, I 

 need only mention the translations of the Akbarnama and Ma- 

 asir-ul-Umara by an ex-president of the Society, -Mr. Beveridge. 

 The former deals with the history of the reign of Akbar by his 

 i^reat minister Abdul Fazl, and the latter gives the bio- 

 graphies of the great Amirs of the Indian Empire from the 

 beginning of the reign of Akbar to the end of the 17th cen- 

 tury. Both the works are valuable as authorities upon the 



