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Moore be elected an Associate Member on account of his contributions to 

 Indian Entomology. 



The price of the New Library Catalogue to non-members was fixed 

 at Rs. 3-8 per copy. 



The Philological Secretary having announced the death on the 22nd 

 June of Dr. H. W. McCann, the General Secretary, it was resolved that 

 Mr. F. E. Pargiter be asked to fill the post thus left vacant. 



Major J. Waterhouse kindly offered to carry on the work until Mr. 

 Pargiter's acceptance had been received. 



The Council placed on record their sense of the loss the Society has 

 sustained by the untimely death of Dr. McCann, and their deep regret at 

 the sad event which has deprived it of an energetic and valuable officer 

 and a most esteemed colleague. 



July Slst. Ordinarij Meeting. 



A letter from Mr. W. A. Holwell, Quebec, enclosing photographs of 

 the late Governor Holwell, and requesting that a copy of Mr. Bayne's 

 paper on the further excavations of old Fort William be sent to him 

 when published, was ordered to be read at the next General Meeting. 



It was resolved that the unexpended balance of a sum of Rs. 1000, 

 which had been jDlaced to the credit of the Society by the late Dr. Muir 

 for publishing an English translation of Sankara Acharya's commentary 

 on the Aphorisms of the Yedanta, be returned to the Trustees of his 

 estate. 



The Secretary reported that Messrs. Trlibner and Co.'s accounts for 

 1883 had been examined and found correct, 'with the exception of a few 

 trifling discrepancies which they had been asked to rectify. 



It was resolved to subscribe to one copy each of two works edited 

 by Captain R. C. Temple, viz., " ' Umdatu-'t-Tawarikh " and a Dic- 

 tionary of Hindustani Proverbs. 



A letter was read from the Governmeni of India stating that the 

 cost of a copy of the Isabah, which the Society had applied for, would 

 be £41. It was resolved not to proceed further in the matter, as there 

 was no guarantee that the copy would be a correct one. 



Major J. Waterhouse reported that, being unable to obtain leave 

 to represent the Society at the Meeting of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, he had asked Mr. W. T. Blanford to act 

 as the Society's representative on the occasion. 



Mr. Pargiter's acceptance of the post of General Secretary was re- 

 corded ; and his election as a Trustee of the Indian Museum confirmed. 



Professor Jolly's proposal to edit the Narada Smriti in the Biblio- 

 theca Indica was accepted. 



