ad February, 1905.] Annual Address. 
"lished quarterly with the Proceedings. 
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The collection of Oriental MSS. is an important branch of the 
Society’s work. The Society has received during many years an 
and the pure f ‘ 
the Joint Philological Secretary, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad 
Sastri h nd and acquired a large number of valuable 
and interesting writings. No similar measures have hitherto been 
has been placed in the hands of the present Philological Secretary, 
Dr. Ross, and he has been prosecuting an ie? search with the aid 
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poses. dd tl he 3 
€xpedition to Thibet has brought to light a quantity of Thibetan 
MSS. ; these have been placed temporarily in the Imperial Library 
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_ & portions of works, and the owner, who isnot a Jain, is willing to 
 ‘Sellthem. It is very desirable that they should be secured. 4 
_ “pplication has been made to the Government of India for special 
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