46 Annua] Beport. [Feb. 



The Asst. Secretary, Mr. Leonard, has continued to give satisfaction 

 by the diligent and zealous discharge of his duties. The Asst. Librarian, 

 Maulawi Ghulam Akbar, was dismissed for incompetence and Mr. Andrews 

 was engaged in his place. Mr. Andrews has given satisfaction. Babus 

 Kedarnath Bysack, Cashier, Eamjibun Mookerjea, Asst. -Cashier, and 

 Jadu Bindo Bysack, Storekeeper, have continued to perform their duties 

 diligently. 



Bibliotheca Indica. 



A. Arabic and Persian Series. 



In the Arabic and Persian Series, eleven fasciculi were issued during 

 the year, viz., 2 Arabic, and 9 Persian. 



Of the I9ABAH, or ' Biographical Dictionary of Muhammad,' by Ibn 

 Hajar 'Askalani, Maulawi 'Abdul-Hai, Head-Professor of the Calcutta 

 Madrasah, has issued two fasciculi. 



Mr. Blochmann has issued three quarto fasciculi of the Persian text 

 of the Ain-i-Akbaei. The work, which was commenced in 1868, is now 

 complete. It consists of two volumes of nearly 1100 quarto pages, two 

 geographical indexes, an index of Hindi scientific terms, a biography of 

 Abul-Fazl, and a Preface containing the necessary information regarding 

 the 15 MSS. from which Mr. Blochmann collated the text, and the style 

 and the writings of the author. The Government of India, with its usual 

 liberality, had made a sjDCcial grant of Rs. 5000 towards the cost of 

 printing. 



Maulawi 'Abdur-Rahim, of the Calcutta Madrasah, issued during 

 1877 six fasciculi of Abul-Fazl's Akbabn^amah. The text of the first 

 volume of this work, which contains the history of Akbar's predecessors, 

 s now finished. Of th e second volume, two more fasciculi have been 

 jDrinted, which bring the history of Akbar's reign to 970 (A. D. 1563). 

 An index to Vol. I, of names of persons and of geographical places, is 

 in course of preparation, and will be issued during the present year. 



B. Sanskrit Series. 

 In the Sanskrit series altogether twenty fasciculi were issued during 

 the past year. With a view to complete without delay some of the larger 

 works on hand, no new work was undertaken. Of the largest work on hand, 

 the Sama Veda Sanhita, six fasciculi have been published, completing the 

 fourth volume. Another volume, it is expected, will bring this elaborate 

 and important work to a close. This work, supplemented by the Brahmanas, 

 so critically edited by Dr. Burnell of Madras, will place the whole of the 

 Sama Veda, held by the Hindus as the most ancient and most sacred text 

 of their scriptures, within easy reaeb of oriental scholars. 



