132 Internatloiial Congress of Orientalists, Paris. [Kov., 



W. A. Talbot, Esq., Deputy Conservator of Forests, Dharwar, 

 Kanara, Bombay Presidency, proposed by L. de Niceville, Esq., seconded 

 by Dr. A. E. R. Hoernle. 



The following gentlemen have expressed a wish to withdraw 

 from the Society : — 



C. H. Bompas, Esq. 



Maharaja Suryakanta Acarya Bahadur. 



The Secretary reported the death of the following member : — 

 W. C. Taylor, Esq. 



The President announced that the Council had elected Mr. 

 L. de Niceville to officiate as Natural History Secretary of the Society 

 during Mr, Finn's temporary absence. 



The President also announced that Dr. Anderson had left Calcutta 

 and Dr. Alcock had agreed to carry on the duties of the General Secre- 

 tary till Mr. Wilson's return. 



The President laid on the table the following brief account of the 

 Proceedings of the International Congress of Orientalists held at Paris 

 in hust September submitted by Dr. Griersoii as a delegate of the 

 Society. 



From 



To 



G. A. Grierson, Esq., CLE., Ph.D., I.C.S., 



The Honorary Secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 



Calcutta. 



On Board S.S. •' Shannon," 



VSth October, 1897. 



Sir, 



With reference to your letter in which you did me the honour 

 of informing me that I had been appointed to act as Delegate of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal at the Oriental Congress held at Paris in 

 last September, I have the honour to report that I attended the Con- 

 gress ill that capacity, and also as Delegate of the Government of 

 India, and to give the following brief account of the proceedings, ao far 

 as they more immediately concerned India and the Asiatic Society. 



