1876.] Meciion of Committees. ' 49 



(now Sir ^Tthur) PLajre, in his mission to the Coiu't of Ava in 1855, and his 

 jDrejDaration of the account of that mission, iUustrated largely by his own 

 artistic pencil, and accompanied by excellent maps of ancient Burmah, ap- 

 pears to have laid the foimdation of his unceasmg interest in the study of 

 the Geography of Central Asia. The learned and valuable work on " Cathay 

 and the Way thither," published by the Hakluyt Society, was followed by 

 the masterly dissertation on one of the most puzzling questions of Central 

 Asian geography, ^^refixed to the new edition of Wood's Journey to the 

 Source of the Oxus. And his labours culminated hi the scholarly and ela- 

 borate translation of Marco Polo's Travels, to the editmg of which he brought 

 a mass of widely extended and careful research, and an amount of erudition 

 and knowledge perfectly unequalled in any other recent contribution to 

 literature. A second edition, greatly extended, was published during the 

 last year. 



Other valuable papers by Col. H. Yule, have appeared in the pages of 

 the Hoyal Geographical Society, London, Geographical Magazine, &c., and 

 lie now stands confessedly one of the foremost scientific Geographers 

 of the day, particularly with reference to the earlier geographical his- 

 tory of China and Central Asia. 



In accordance with the rules of the Society these names would be hung 

 up in the Meeting-Eoom of the Society until the next ordinary meetmg, 

 when they would be balloted for. 



The Council reported that the f oUoAving gentlemen have been nominated 

 by the Council to serve on the several Committees during the ensuing year. 



1876. 

 Siib- CommUtee of Finance. 



Babu Eajendralala Mitra, LL. D. E. Taylor, Esq. 



E. Gay, Esq. Colonel J. F. Tennant. 



Library. 



The Hon. E. C. Bayley, C. S. I. C. H. Tawney, Esq., M. A. 

 Babu Eajendralala Mitra, LL. D. Whitley Stokes, Esq. 



Colonel J. F. Tennant, E. E. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



G. Nevill, Esq. ' C. H. Wood, Esq. 



A. Pedler, Esq. Dr. 0. Fcistmantol. 



Dr. Mohendralal Sircar. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. 



J. Geoghegan, Esq. Babu Prannath Pandit. 



Dr. W. K. Waller. W. S. Brough, Esq. 



