24 Antmal Heport. [Feb. 



Alipore which has been cleared and planted as a site for the Garden. Seve- 

 ral animals have already been transferred from the collections of Mr. 

 Schwendler and others, and upwards of Rs. 200,000 have already been col- 

 lected in subscriptions towards the establishment of the Garden. The 

 Council therefore hope that its ultimate success may now be looked upon 

 as secured. 



Ofllcers. 



The Philological and Natural History Secretaries, Messrs. Blochmann 

 and Wood-Mason, have retained charge throughout the year, of their re- 

 spective parts of the Journal, and other duties of their Secretaryships. Capt. 

 Waterhouse has continued to act as General Secretary dui'ing the year, 

 with the exception of the months of March and April, when Dr. Lewis un- 

 dertook the duties of General Secretary in Capt. Waterhouse's absence. 

 The office of Financial Secretary and Treasurer was held by Col. J. E. Gas- 

 trell until the month of May, when Capt. Waterhouse took temporary 

 charge diuing Col. Gastrell's absence. 



Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, late Assistant Secretary, having re- 

 signed his appointment at the end of April last, Mr. G. S. Leonard was 

 aj)pointed Assistant Secretary in his place ; and though the change involves 

 some additional expense, the Council have every reason to believe that it is 

 an improvement on the former state of things, and to be satisfied with the 

 zeal and attention to his duties shewn by Mr. Leonard, who has commenced 

 the preparation of an Index to vols. 24 to 43 of the Journal, and has also 

 given attention to the preparation of the new catalogue of the Society's Libra- 

 ry, though the progress of this most important work is greatly hindered by 

 the crowded state of the rooms now occupied by the Society. It is, however, 

 to be hoped that this cause of delay will soon disaj)pear. Babu Gopal 

 Chunder Dutt, who was engaged in 1874 as an assistant in the Secretary's 

 office, resigned his appointment at the same time as the late Assistant Se- 

 cretary, and no other appointment has been made in his room. 



Munilall Bysak, Assistant Librarian ; Jado Bindo Bysak, Storekeeper ; 

 and Babu Baddinath Bysak, have continued to do good service in their 

 respective branches. 



Bibliotheea Indica. 

 Arahic and Persian Series. 



Maulawi 'Aziz urrahman, of the Presidency College, Calcutta, has 

 brought the edition of the Farhang i Rashidi to a close. This Persian 

 Dictionary contains 703 pages quarto, in two volmnes. The work was com- 

 piled towards the end of Shahjahan's reign, in 1064 H. , by Sayyid ' Abdurrashid 

 of Tattah, in Sindh, one of the best grammarians and lexicographers that Lidia 

 has produced. During the 17th and 18th century of our era, the study of 

 Persian was zealously cultivated in India by both Muhammadans and Hin- 



