Annual Address. [ February, 1905. 
have been cleaned, re-stretched and varnished. -Fresh frames were 
selected by the late President, the Hon. Mr. Bolton, in London, and 
have recently arrived. The pictures are now being placed in their — 
new frames and will be re-hung, when the repairs to the building 
are completed, and re-arranged so as to show to better advantage, 
The expense has been great, but the renovation should suffice for 
many years. 
The Report shows that the list of the Society’s members has 
increased so as to stand now at a higher number than it has ever 
recorded in the past. This is of good augury for the future, and 
we trust that among the new members many will contribute not 
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general survey. Yet much valuable ethnological information still 
awaits the gathering among the ruder tribes, especially in the outly- 
To members who have such opportunities the 
_ I will conclude by mentioning some matters of interest which 
lie outside the Society, but in which members have taken or are 
aking a part. 
A Buddhist Sanskrit Appendix was compiled to Rai Sarat 
Chandra Das’ Thibetan Dictionary under the auspices of the 
Government, and the Government has recently placed it in the cap- 
able hands of M. de La Vallée Poussin in. Belgium, in order that it 
The 
its first annual volume. It covers the whole gro 
research and sets out most interesting discoveries with a wealth of 
detailed information. : A 
book of great interest has lately been published by Mr. — 
cent Smith on the early history of India from B.C. 600 to the Mo- 
hammedan conquest. It brings the latest discoveries to elucidate 
that long and most important period, and will be of signal service *0 — 
students in this country. Prof. Thibaut has published in the serles — 
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