34 A^irmal Bejpori. [Feb., 



An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the " Naturwissen- 

 schaftlichen Vereins " of Styria. 



A presentation of the Proceedings of the Birmingham Philosophical 

 Society was accepted with thanks. 



A letter from Mr. P. K. Hervey, expressing a wish to obtain a photo- 

 graph of an undeciphered inscription on a Singapore Stone presented to 

 the Society in 1848, was ordered to be transferred to the Trustees of the 

 Indian Museum. 



On the proposal of Mr. Tawney, it was ordered that a copy of the 

 Sanskrit Series of the Bibliotheca Indica be presented to Mr. Cecil Bendall 

 of the British Museum and to Dr. Hjalmar Edgren of Lund, Sweden. 



The Secretary reported that the Library Catalogue was at last pub- 

 lished and was being distributed to Members. 



Mr. Wood-Mason reported he had returned from furlough, and had 

 relieved Mr. de Niceville who had officiated during his absence. 



A vote of thanks to the latter was unanimously recorded. 



June 26t}i. Ordinary Meeting. 



Presentations from Mr, Charles Meldrum, in charge of the Observa- 

 tory, Mauritius, and from Dr. G. Badaloni, Member of several Italian 

 Medical Societies, of several of their publications were accepted with 

 thanks. 



An exchange of publications with the Society of Amateurs of Natu 

 ral Sciences, Anthropology and Ethnology, of Moscow, was sanctioned. 



It was resolved to subscribe for one copy of a German publication, 

 the '' Literatur-Blatt fiir Orientalische Philologie." 



A letter from the President of the American Association for the 

 advancement of Science, inviting members to attend their annual meeting 

 to be held in Philadelphia on the 3rd September, was ordered to be com- 

 municated to the Society, with a recommendation that an application 

 be made to Government for permission to depute Major Waterhouse to 

 represent the Society. 



Messrs. Triibner and Co. were accorded permission to return part of 

 their stock of the Bibliotheca Indica, Arabic and Persian Series, which 

 had a very small sale in Europe, and also part of the Journal stock from 

 1832 to 1870. 



A proposal from Mr. G. A. Grierson to edit the " Yogini Tantra" 

 was accepted on the recommendation of the Philological Committee. 



In reply to an application from the " Societe de Geographic Com- 

 mercial du Havi^e" for an interchange of publications, it was ordered that 

 a copy of the Proceedings be sent. 



On the proposition of the Natural History Secretary, it was resolved 

 that the Council propose to the Society at their next meeting, that Mr. F. 



