1898.] Annual BeporL 33 



Bihliofheca Indica, it was ordered to ask Mr. Beveridge for a 

 translation with notes for publication in the Journal of the Society. 



On an application from Mirza Ashraf Ali, it was agreed to prepare 

 the Indexes to Vols. I-III of the " Isabah." 



Mr. F. E. Pargiter and Dr. Ranking were informed that 

 Dr. Grierson had been appointed to represent the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal at the International Congress of Orientalists at Paris in next 

 September. 



Messrs. Luzac & Co. were informed in reply to their letter 

 on the subject of a trade discount of 25 per cent, to Booksellers for 

 purchasing the Society's publications, that the Council resolved to 

 tstick to the existing arrangement. 



The prices of the Index to the English Translation of the 

 Tabaqat-i-Nasiri in two parts and Ka^miri Grammar, Part I, were 

 fixed at Re. 1 and Re. 1-8-0 respectively. 



July 29^^, Ordinary Meeting. 



The acceptance by Dr. Bloch of the office of Philological Secretary- 

 ship of the Society was recorded. 



On the recommendation of Pandit Mahendra Nath Vidyanidhi 

 several books were ordered to be purchased for the Society's Library. 



The purchase of a copy of Cole's Santali Primer, for the Society's 

 Library was sanctioned. 



Mr. de Niceville was asked to act for Mr. Finn as Natural History 

 Secretary for three months. 



August 2QtTi, Ordinary Meeting. 



The presentation of Yerbeek and Fennema's Description Geologique 

 de Java et Madoura, Vols. I-II, with atlas by the Director of the 

 Department of Instruction, Public Worship and Industry at Batavia 

 forwarded by the Consul for the Nederlands, was accepted with thanks. 



At the suggestion of Dr. Grierson to distribute his edition of 

 Kapmiri Grammar, gratis, to those persons to whom the Bibliotheca 

 Indica were presented, it was ordered to give 30 copies to Dr. Grierson 

 and free copies to all public bodies on the distribution list of the Journal, 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 



The acceptance of Mr. de Niceville to officiate for Mr. Finn as 

 Natural History Secretary of the Society, was recorded. 



At the request of Mr. C. J. Rodgers asking for payment of 

 Rs. 1,062-8-0 being the balance due for cataloguing the Society's 

 coins, it was ordered to pay him Rs. 700 on account and the balance on 

 completion of the final proof. 



