42 Annual Report. [Feb. 



a copy of a new work called the " Epigraphia Indica and Record of the 

 Archaeological Survey of India," to be published quarterly, was postponed. 



The price of the new Tibetan work "Sher-Phyin" was fixed at 

 one rupee per fasciculus, for the present. 



A proposal to subscribe for a copy of the " Asiatic Quarterly 

 Review " was negatived. 



The old beams remaining over from the late repairs were sold for 

 Rs. 112. 



A paper on " Benares Kinkob " received from Rajchandra Sanyal, 

 Librarian, Benares College, was returned to the Author, not being 

 suitable for the Society's publications. 



April 26th, Ordinary Meeting. 



An exchange of publications with the Verein fur Naturwissenschajt 

 Zu Braunschweig was declined. 



A letter of congratulation was written to the Societe des Sciences de 

 Finlande in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of its foundation. 



The completion of Part III of Atkinson's Lepidoptera was reported 

 by Mr. W. T. Blanford, by whom the work had been supervised after 

 the death of Mr. A. Grote, the total cost being £155-9-9, leaving a balance 

 of £6-6-9 out of the sum of £161-16-6 remitted to London in September 

 1886 for the publication of the work. 



It was resolved, on the report of the Physical Science Committee, 

 to take steps for investigating into the cause of the explosive sounds 

 known as the " Barisal Guns." 



Read letters from the Superintendent, Baptist Mission Press, agree- 

 ing to accept B.s. 3-8 a page, provisionally, ultimately reducible to Rs. 

 3-3, for printing Tibetan works, royal 8vo, and Rs. 5-4 a page, 4to, for 

 Arabic works, with vowel points. Both changes to include " doing up," 

 as well as printing and paper. 



May 31st, Ordinary Meeting. 



On an application from the American Philological Society of Phila- 

 delphia inviting the co-operation of the Asiatic Society in perfecting a 

 universal language for learned and commercial purposes, based on the 

 Aryan vocabulary and grammar in their simplest forms, a reply was 

 sent intimating the willingness of the Society to assist as far as possible, 

 but that a special delegate could not be sent to represent the Society 

 at the congress which was proposed to be held. 



An application from the Socictd Africana d' Italia, Naples, to be 

 supplied with Part I of the Journal, in addition to Part II, was nega- 

 tived. 



