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when he was absent on deputation, during which period Mahamaho- 

 padhyaya Haraprasad Shastri took charge of the office. 



Mr. L. de Niceville continued Natural History Secretary and Editor 

 of the Journal, Part II, till his death in November, when Mr. Frank 

 Finn kindly consented to undertake the work. 



Mr. F. E. Pargiter carried on the duties of the Anthropological 

 Secretary and Editor of the Journal, Part III, throughout the year. 



Mr. T. H. Holland resigned the office of General Secretary and 

 Editor of the Proceedings in March, and Major A. Alcock, F.R,S., was 

 appointed. Major Alcock resigned the office in December, and Mr. J. 

 Macfarlane, Librarian of the Imperial Library, agreed to carry on the 

 duties. 



Mr. W. K. Dods continued Treasurer throughout the year, except 

 for a month, when he was absent from Calcutta and Mr. C. Michie 

 kindly agreed to carry on the work. 



Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri was in charge of the 

 Bbbliotheca Indica and the search of Sanskrit manuscripts and carried on 

 the duties of 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 Pro- 

 ceedings (Nos. 11 and 12 of 1900 and 1-9 of 1901), containing 116 pages 

 of letter-press ; four numbers of the Journal, Part I (No. 2 of 1900, JSTos. 1 

 and 2 of 1901, and Extra No. 2 of 1901) containing 261 pages of letter- 

 press and two plates ; two numbers of the Journal, Part II (No. 4 of 1900 

 and No. 1 of 1901), containing 206 pages of letter-press and a plate of 1900 ; 

 two numbers of the Journal, Part III (one number of 1900 and No. 1 of 

 1901), containing 185 pages of letter-press and 21 plates. There was 

 also published Part III of Catalogue of the Society's Sanskrit books 

 and manuscripts. 



Journal, Part I. 



In the Philological Section of the Society's Journal four numbers 

 have been published, covering altogether 258 pages of letter-press. One of 

 these numbers belongs to Vol. LXIX of 1900, two to Vol. LXX of 1901, 

 and one is an extra number for 1901 giving a sketch of the Ladakhi 

 Grammar. Materials for another number are ready, and it has been pro- 

 posed to issue another extra number containing appendix to Dr. Hoernle's 

 Report on Central Asian Antiquities. 



The last Annual Report contains a synopsis of No. 2 of 1900 from 

 the pen of Dr. Bloch. In the rest of the numbers there is very little of 



