Annual Address. [February, 1905 
Society or that has come before it during the past year, and it 
remains for me to offer some remar. "ks on its affairs during the same 
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: The matter that engrossed the largest share of time has been 
the Sida of the new nay of the books in the Society’s 
Librar The catalo in use was published twenty years 
ago, hii the aay celebrated its opines and the need of a 
they and the Secretary have bestowed on it, it could not have been 
carried through with any expectation that the pee would 
be : urate and use n this matter t asks called 
for special consideration—first, the revision of ie ame itself 
and the separating out of books and pamphlets that are not needed 
by the Society ; and secondly, the framing of the entries in the 
most shove sha 
considerable quantity of Event had accumulated 
which tiicaued to be either superfluous or of too little use to 
members, and it was desirable to remove them because of t 
limited space and for economy. were separated as the 
revision went on. The principles adopted e two, firs 
the Libr hould aim at completeness in all publications 
relating to Asia in conformity with the Society’s name and 
scope, whatever might be their character or value, official reports 
and eae en mage placed ina eles category ; and secondly, 
that the Libr. could not maintain works relating to other 
parts of the vai except such as are of general interest and h 
reputation. Yet th e process: of exclusion was applied with ° so 
g was put out unless the eset se of 
the Committee were unanimous. A list of the works thus excluded 
we laid before the monthly meeting in June for general a 
tion, and has been passed without objection. These 
disposed of as mentioned in the Report. 
The second task dealt with the method of cataloguing 
names of Oriental authors, and the Committee decided ne no 
re method was —. — that the most convenient course 
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- the headings according to the system Pio by the ee 
The catalogue i is now in the press, and the pose trus t t that 
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