4- Annual Report. [Feb, 



The question of the steps to be taken regarding the cracks in the 

 south vrall of the Society's Meeting room, was referred for settlement 

 to the Building Committee. 



A copy of the Persian Manuscript " Shah Tamasp " was lent to Dr. 

 Paul Horn of Halle, the Royal Library at Berlin having undertaken to 

 receive it into safe custody during the period of loan, and a similar 

 arrangement was sanctioned with regard to Manuscript ~Ho. 273 for 

 Professor Hillebrandt in connection with the edition of the 'Hiranyakesin 

 Srauta Sutra," which he is preparing for the Bibliotheca Indica, provided 

 the University Library at Breslau would agree to keep it in safe custody. 



The purchase of a copy of the work named " Hymnen des Bigveda" 

 edited by Professor Herman Oldenberg, was sanctioned on the recom- 

 mendation of the Philological Secretary. 



Lists were circulated to Council of the names of the Office Bearers 

 and Members of Council for the ensuing year. 



December 20th., Ordinary fleeting. 



The Government of India was informed in reply to an enquiry 

 whether any portion of the grant for the search for Sanskrit Manuscripts 

 could be spared for the publication of the Reports of the Archa^olocrical 

 Survey of India, that the Council was of opinion, that the search should 

 be continued for a further period of 4 years and then cease, but mean- 

 while the grant should not be reduced. 



Mr. J. Talboys Wheeler was informed in reply to an offer he made 

 for the sale to the Society of his Manuscript copy of the Mahabharata 

 and Index for £60 that the copy was not required. 



A letter was received from the Government of India forwarding a 

 Medal presented to the Society by the Corporation of the City of London 

 in connection with the Colonial and India Exhibition of 18£ '. 



An application from the Directeur de la Feuille des Jeunes Xatu- 

 ralistes, Paris, for an exchange of publications was declined. 



The thanks of the Council were conveyed to the Honorary Secretaries 

 of the Photographic Society of India for the offer of the use of the 

 reading room and dark room of the Society to any members of the 

 Asiatic Society who may be interested in Photography. 



On the recommendation of the Building Committee an estimate 

 amounting to Bs. 299-10 was sanctioned for repairing the cracks in the 

 south wall of the Society's Meeting Boom. 



TTith reference to a letter from Dr. Hening, Frankfurt, apply- 

 ing on behalf of the Xaturwissenchaftlichen Vereins for a copy of 

 the Journal in addition to the Proceedings, it was decided that the 

 Journal could not be given. 



