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November 1st, Ordinary Meeting. 



An exchange of publications with the Literary and Historical So- 

 ciety of Quebec was declined. 



The presentation from the Government of India, R. and A. Dept. 

 of a set of 56 photographs of the paintings in the cases of Ajunta taken 

 from March 1884 to April 1885, was announced. 



The Government of the N.-W. P. and Oudh was informed that the 

 Trustees of the Indiau Museum would accept the photographic plates of 

 Archaeological remains in the Jhansi district offered to the Asiatic 

 Society. 



It was resolved to subsci'ibe for a copy of a work on the Ornithology 

 of Turkestan and the adjacent countries, to be published by Dr. 

 Menzbier of the University of Moscow. 



The report prepared by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra regarding the pro- 

 gress made in the search for Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Lower Provinces 

 of Bengal called for by the Government of India was ordered to be for- 

 warded to Government. 



On the recommendation of the Library Committee certain books 

 were ordered to be purchased for the Library. 



Two rooms on the ground floor were placed at the disposal of the 

 Photographic Society for their exhibition during a week or two in the 

 cold weather. 



Dr. W. King accepted the office of Treasurer in the room of Mr. A. 

 Pecller, who had been obliged to resign on account of ill health and 

 pressure of official duties. 



November 30th, Ordinary Meeting. 



The loan of the oil painting of Warren Hastings in the Society's 

 collection was made to Mr. G. G. Palmer, for the purpose of making a 

 copy for himself, on the understanding that it was not for sale, and that 

 the painting would be cleaned thoroughly and varnished before return. 



Under instructions from the Government of India the name of 

 Monsieur Charles Michel, Professor of Sanskrit at the University, Bel- 

 gium, was placed on the list of persons to whom copies of the Notices of 

 Sanskrit Manuscripts are sent. 



On an application from Mr. J. Cockburn for the assistance of the 

 Society in his proposed exploration of the bed of the river Jumna for 

 fossils, Dr. W. King and the Natural History Secretary were asked to 

 give Mr. Cockburn all possible assistance. 



It was decided that there was no present necessity for making 

 any alteration in the Rules regarding the rate of subscription of Foj 

 Members. 



