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Mr. E. A. Gaifc continued Anthropological Secretary and Editor of 

 Journal, Part 11/ till August, wlien lie left India on leave and Mr. E. H, 

 "Walsh, I.O.S., was appointed to officiate for him. Mr. Walsh carried on 

 the work till N'ovember, when he left Calcutta and Dr. Ross was per- 

 manently appointed. 



Dr. 0. R. Wilson continued Treasurer till April, when he left India 

 on leave and the Hon. Dr. Asutosh Mukhopadhyaya was appointed to 

 officiate for him. The Hon. Dr. Mukhopadhyaya left Calcutta tempora- 

 rily in September, and Mr. J. Macfarlane carried on the work till October 

 when Dr. Wilson returned and took charge of the office. 



Mr. J. Macfarlane continued General Secretary and Editor of the 

 Proceedings throughout the year. 



Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri was in charge of the Bib- 

 liotheca Indica and the Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts, and carried on 

 the duties of the Joint Philological Secretary throughout the year. 



Mr. J. H. Elliott continued Assistant Secretary and Librarian 

 throughout the year. 



Publications. 



There were published during the year nine numbers of the Proceed- 

 ings (Nos. 10 and 11 of 1902 and Nos. 1-8 of 1903) containing 143 

 pages of letter-press and 1 plate. 



Of the Journal, Part I, three numbers were published (No. 2 and 

 Extra No. 2 of 1902 and No. 1 of 1903) containing 219 pages of letter-press 

 and 1 X3late. The Extra No. 2 of 1902 consists of Professor E. B. Cowell's 

 Translation of the Three Episodes from the Old Bengali Poem *' Candi." 

 Indexes for 1899, 1901 and 1902 were also published. During 1902, the 

 Council authorised the addition of a Supplement to the three parts of the 

 Journal. No Supplement toJournal, Parti, was published. Ithas now been 

 decided to publish short notes on numismatic questions, with illustra- 

 tions, as a Supplement to Journal, Part I, and the Editorship has been 

 entrusted to Mr. H. Nelson Wright, I.O.S. 



Of the Journal, Part II, three numbers were published (No. 1-3 of 

 1903) containing 111 pages of letter-press and 6 plates. There was 

 also published the Index for 1902. 



Of the Journal, Part III, two numbers were published (Nos. 1-2 of 

 1903) containing 106 pages of letter-press. There were also published the 

 Indexes for 1894-1898, 1899-1901 and 1902. In reply to the re- 

 presentation submitted by the Society in connection with the grant of 

 Rs. 1,000 per year for Journal, Part III, from the Assam Administration, 

 the Honourable the Chief Commissioner of Assam has decided to continue 

 the annual grant to the Society for the collection of Anthropological and 

 Ethnographical information in Assam pending further orders. The 



