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plete set of the Tangywr from Tibet, and that the Lieutenant-Governor 

 was also precluded from sanctioning an additional grant but had no ob- 

 jection to the whole cost being met from the Oriental Publication Fund, 

 if it could be managed. The matter was referred to the Finance Com- 

 mittee for report. 



Read a letter from the Editor of Indian Notes and Queries stating 

 that he has been compelled to discontinue the publication of that work 

 owing to pressure of official business. 



The several Committees for 1838 were appointed. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Committee Dr. G. 

 Thibaut was appointed to edit Bhattotpalas commentary on Varaha 

 Mihira's Brihat Samhita. 



The Philological Secretary was authorised to arrange with a private 

 Engraver for printing a plate of some coins required for the Proceed- 

 ings. 



A bill for Rs. 263-4, for drawings executed at the Survey of India 

 office was passed. 



Messrs. Meugens and King were re-appointed Auditors for the cur- 

 rent year. 



March 29t7i, Ordinary Meeting. 



A proposal by the Natural History Secretary, and seconded by the 

 Philological Secretary, that elections to Corresponding Membership should 

 be revived, and that such Members should henceforth receive the 

 publications of the Society, was circulated to the Council for considera- 

 tion. 



The purchase of a collection of coins offered for sale by Mr. J. G. 

 Delmerick for Rs. 250 was sanctioned, some of the coins being very 

 rare. 



An agreement on stamp paper for the erection of an iron railino- 

 with two gateways along the southern boundary of the Society's pre- 

 mises, was signed by the Contractor and the General Secretary. 



On the recommendation of the Natural History Secretary permis- 

 sion was granted to the Microscopical Society of Calcutta to hold their 

 meetings in the Society's rooms, and it was resolved that such papers 

 read before the Society as seemed to have a scientific value should be 

 accepted for publication in the Journal, on the condition that the papers 

 were brought up at the monthly meetings. 



A specimen proof of the first form of the new Persian Catalogue 

 was approved. The edition to consist of 500 copies, royal 4to. cost 

 Rs. 3-8 per page. 



A recommendation by the Philological Secretary to subscribe for 



