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Election of President. 



[April, 



The chairman announced that the Hon'ble E. C. Bayley had tendered 

 his resignation as President of the Society, and that Dr. T. Oldham had 

 been nominated by the Council as his successor, subject to the confirma- 

 tion of the present meeting of the Society. 



Confirmed. 



Also that the Council had nominated Dr. T. R. Lewis to be a Trustee 

 of the Indian Museum on the part of the Asiatic Society, during such time 

 as the office of President shall be held by the Superintendent of the 

 Geological Survey. 



Confirmed. 



The President reported on the part of the Council that they recom- 

 mend a grant of a sum not exceeding Rs. 50 per mensem towards the 

 expenses of the preliminary proceedings of the Earth-Current Committee 

 in compiling, calculating and reporting on the Earth-Current Observations 

 made by the Government Telegraph Department. Subject to reconsidera- 

 tion after the expiry of six months. 



Confirmed. 



Mr. L. Schwendler explained in what manner the system of measuring 

 Earth-currents was to be carried out. The first question to be solved was to 

 prove that the natural currents observed at all times in the telegraphic 

 lines were really due to one and the same cause. For this purpose it was 

 necessary to establish simultaneous observations all over India. After such 

 a general cause had been proved to exist, it would then become necessary to 

 establish a series of measurements at £ few selected stations. The Earth-Cur- 

 rent Committee would then, it is hoped, be in a position to show results of 

 considerable importance. 



The President brought to the notice of the meeting that some tickets 

 of the International Congress of Orientalists held in Paris during the year 

 1873, have been received for disposal among the Society, the subscribers 

 becoming entitled to the volumes of the Proceedings of the Congress for 

 that year. 



The following inscriptions were received from Babu Harischandra of 

 Banaras, through Babu Bajendralala Mitra, who has furnished the trans- 

 lations. 



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