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March 27th, Ordinary Meeting. 



A letter was read from the Dewan to the Nawab Nazim of Mur- 

 shedabad, remitting K-s. 300, as a compounding fee for his admission as a 

 Life Member. 



A donation of Rs. 300 to the Society's funds from the Hon'ble 

 Raja G. N. Gazpatee Row was acknowledged with thanks. 



On an aj)plication from the Director of the Indian Institute, Oxford, 

 it was ordered that a copy of the Society's publications and the publica- 

 tions of the Bibliotheca Indica be presented to the Institute. 



An offer from Mr. J. Beames to publish in the Journal a paper 

 he was preparing on the Geography of India during the reign of Akbar 

 was accepted. 



The appointment by the Secretary of Mr. J. F. Duplessis, as Offg. 

 Assistant Secretary, during the absence on leave of Mr. Bion, was ap- 

 proved. 



May 1st. Ordinary Meeting. 



On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, Pandit 

 Hemachandra was authorized to print his edition of the " Atharvana 

 Upanishad " at his own press, the " Valmiki." 



Letters were received from Dr. Joule, Monsieur Senart, Professors 

 Haeckel and Sayce, conveying their thanks for the great honour conferred 

 on them by the Society in electing them Special Honorary Centenary 

 Members ; the letters were ordered to be read at the next meeting of the 

 Society. 



Read the Minutes of the Philological Committee regarding the large 

 balance at ihe credit of the 0. P. Fund. The Philological Secretary- 

 was instructed to make special arrangements for fresh publications. 



It was resolved to subscribe to one copy of an Austrian monthly 

 journal, the " Oesterrische Monattschrift fiir der Orient." 



Mr. Tawney was elected a Member of Council, and was also asked 

 if he would take up the work of the Philological Secretary during the 

 absence on leave for 3 months of Dr. Hoernle. 



A letter from Mr. Cecil Bendall, of the British Museum, asking the 

 Society to try to gain subscribers to the facsimile reproductions of the 

 Paleeographical Society, was ordered to be read at the next meeting. 



May 29th. Ordinary Meeting. 



An advance for Rs. 300 to Dr. R. L. Mitra was sanctioned for the 

 purchase of a large number of Jain Manuscripts. 



A letter from Mr. Charles Meld rum, in charge of the Mauritius Ob- 

 servatory, thanking the Society for the honour done to him by his election 

 as a Special Centenary Honorary Member was ordered to be read at the 

 next General Meeting. 



