60 Rejection of certain hooks from the Society's Lihrary. [June, 



explain the grounds upon which the Council proposes his election as 

 an Honorary member. He has devoted himself almost entirely to the 

 study of Modern Indo- Aryan Vernaculars, in which branch he is now 

 the first authority. The great Linguistic Survey of India, carried on 

 by him, which is now approaching its end, forms a land-mark in this 

 branch of research, and has brought to light a vast number of impor- 

 tant facts which are likely to throw much new and interesting light on 

 the many problems connected with Indian Philology, History and 

 Ethnography. During his residence in India, Dr. Grierson has been 

 most intimately connected with this Society, the prosperity of which 

 he has still much at heart. He contributed a great variety of valuable 

 publications to the Journal and the Bibliotheca Indica, and for many 

 years he was a member of Council and also for some time Philological 

 Secretary. 



T. Bloch. 



It was announced that the Hon. Dr. Gooroo Dass Banerjee had 

 expressed a wish to withdraw from the Society. 



The General Secretary reported the death of Mr. H. M. Rustomjee, 

 an Ordinary Member of the Society. 



The President announced that the Hon. Dr. Asutosh Mukhopa- 

 dliyaya had kindly consented to continue to act as Treasurer in the 

 place of Dr. C. R. Wilson, resigned. 



The General Secretary reported the presentation of one coin from 

 the Government of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. 



The President announced the following resolution of the Council 

 regarding the rejection of certain books from the Society's library. 



The Council adopt the report of the Library Committee which has 

 gone carefully through the catalogue of books, and resolve — (1) that 

 the books weeded out by the Committee be rejected and disposed of ; 

 the medical works being placed in a collection by themselves ; (2) that 

 tlie best way of disposing of them is by sale, and that they be accord- 

 ingly offered for sale; (3) that the first offer be made to the Imperial 

 Library, and that, if it purchases any of these books, the prices of the 

 books be settled between the Council and that Library according to the 

 price-catalogues of Quaritch and other booksellers ; (4) that tlie next 

 offer be made to the Calcutta University, the Presidency and otlier 

 Colleges and the Medical College, and that the prices of books bought 

 by them be settled similarly; (5) that the remainder of the rejected 

 books be disposed of by public auction under some arrangement by 



