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off, and have communicated their decision to the Society with 
a view to wind up this part of the Society’s activity. The 
Government of India grant to the regional bureau was not 
sanctioned this year on account of the application made by 
the Society having been received by Government after the 
preparation of the budget. The part time clerk employed by 
the Society discontinued his work and no fresh appointment 
was made in his place. 
Owing to the decision of the Royal Society to discontinue 
the publication of the Catalogue, no index slips in addition to 
those sent last vear were forwarded to the Central Bureau 
during the year under report. 
Bureau of Information. 
There is nothing noteworthy in the work of this depart- 
ment. A few minor queries only were received. 
Search for Sanskrit MSS. 
The search for Sanskrit MSS. having been terminated by 
order of the Council, no purchases have been made during the 
year under review. 
Three volumes of the Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit 
MSS. are in course of being printed. Three Presses have been 
engaged. The Baptist Mission Press has printed off 736 pages, 
and set up about 200 pages more of the second volume on the 
Vedas. The Hare Press has set up 45 pages of the third volume 
on Srrti. In order to expedite publication, the Banerji Press 
has recently been engaged. It is hoped that the work will now 
make satisfactory progress. 
Arabie and Persian Manuscript Search and Catalogue. 
During the year 1921, nineteen Arabic and Persian MSS. 
were purchased on behalf of Government. 
The First Travelling Maulavi was on leave throughout 
the year. During his absence the work of the department was 
carried on by the Second and Third Travelling Maulavis and the 
two Additional Travelling Maulavis appointed on probation since 
MSS. in various parts of India. These notices, prepared on the 
lines of those published in the J.A.S.B. (Vol. XIIT, 1917, No. 2 
on. : 
During the absence on leave of the Resident Maulvi, the 
