1878.] Annual Beport. 57 



The Secretary submitted an Index of 22 vols, of the Society's Journal, 

 from vol. 24 of 1855 to vol. 45 of 1876, compiled by the Assistant 

 Secretary, and it was ordered to be circulated to the Council with a 

 specimen and a report by the Secretaries. 



The Minutes of the Council upon the question of starting a new series 

 of the Asiatic Researches were read ; and it was ordered, " That the papers 

 by Messrs. Moore and Hewitson should be printed as an independent 

 publication, and not as Vol. I of a new series of the Asiatic Researches. 

 That a sufficient number of plain paper copies should be printed for circu- 

 lation to Members of the Society, in addition to the colored copies ordered 

 last meeting, and that Members be invited to say whether they wish to 

 have colored copies, on paying the extra cost of the coloring, estimated at 

 from 8 to 10 rupees. 



The Minutes of the Council were read on the question of collecting 

 the subscription of Mofussil Members annually, and it was ordered that 

 the present system be continued, 



December 30^^. Ordinary Meeting. 



Applications from the Secretary, Canadian Institute, Toronto, and 

 from the Secretary to the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences for an 

 exchange of publications, were declined. 



An exchange of publications with the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia, was sanctioned. 



A petition from Islam Khan, praying for the continuance of his 

 pension during 1878, was granted. 



The Secretary reported that the Library Committee recommend the 

 calling in of all books at present on loan with Members for the purpose of 

 being incorporated in the new Catalogue ; which was sanctioned. 



The Secretary reported that the Finance Committee recommend that 

 the sum of Rs. 1,26,000 of Government Securities should now be trans- 

 ferred to the Permanent Reserve Fund. This sum includes Rs. 2,000 from 

 admission and compounding fees funded before the receipt of Rs. 1,50,000 

 from Government, and Rs. 2,782-13-7 since received on the same account. 

 Of the sum forming the Permanent Reserve Fund, Rs. 1,07,000 would be 

 in 4 per cent, and the remaining in 5 per cent. The recommendation was 

 sanctioned. 



There was some delay in taking the votes for the election of officers 

 and members of the Council for 1878, owing to a misapprehension caused 

 by the note on the papers circulated to Resident members in the usual way 



