1878.] Annual Beport. 63 



May 31s#. Ordinary Meeting. 



Letters were read from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, 

 Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, forwarding letters from 

 the Government of India, Military (Marine) Department regarding Deep- Sea 

 Dredging fittings ; and from the Deputy Master Attendant on the same 

 subject. 



It was ordered that the Under Secretary to the Government of India, De- 

 partment of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce, be informed that the ques- 

 tion had been referred to a Sub- Committee who would communicate direct 

 with the Superintendent of the Dockyard and report to the Council. The 

 Sub-Committee to be composed of Messrs. W. T. Blanford, H. B. Medlicott, 

 J. Wood- Mason, H. F. Blanford and Dr. J. Anderson. 



The Secretary reported that the Library Committee had made the fol- 

 lowing recommendations: 



That the original copy of " Jerdon's Birds of India," should not be 

 lent out to Members, when a copy of Major Godwin- Austen's reprint had 

 been procured. 



That no more than two MSS. be lent out at the same time to one 

 person without sanction of the Council. 



That a special assistant be appointed to compile the Catalogue under 

 Mr. Blochmann's supervision. 



These proposals were sanctioned. 



A recommendation by the Finance Committee that a further sum of 

 Rs. 4000 of Government Securities should be sold out to meet claims on 

 the Society, and repay the debt to the 0. P. and Cons. Sans. MSS. Funds, 

 was sanctioned. 



The Secretary submitted a letter from M. Leroux of Paris, request- 

 ing to be appointed the Society's Paris Agent. 



M. Leroux was ordered to be informed that he could not be appoint- 

 ed Agent, but that books would be supplied him at special rates. 



An official form for the registration of the Society's property under 

 Act VII, (B. C.) of 1876, was submitted by the Secretary, and it was 

 ordered that Mr. J. O'Kinealy and the Collector of Calcutta should be 

 consulted and a report made at the next meeting. 



Mr. Blochmann reported that the publication of Mr. Beal's Biographi- 

 cal Dictionary was estimated at Rs. 4000. It was ordered that the 

 Government of the N. W. Provinces should be informed of the cost of the 

 work and requested to give a grant-in-aid of Rs. 1500, for which they 

 would receive an equivalent number of copies when published. It was 

 ordered that if the grant was sanctioned the work should be printed in the 

 Bibliotheca Indica. 



