20 Annual liepoit. [Feb. 



other duties obliged him to resign the editorship which on his recom- 

 mendation wjis entrusted to Pandit Satyavrata Saraa^rami and that 

 distinguished Vedic Scholar lias brought the work to a close with a 

 complete scientific apparatus of references, indices, &c. The work has 

 taken 46 years. Pandit Saraa^i-ami's preface though short is extremely 

 valuable for a Vedic Scholar. 



Para9ara Smrti with the Commentary by the celebrated Madhava- 

 caryya also has come to an end under the distinguished editorship of 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Candrakanta Tarkalaqkara with indices and a 

 preface. It is the Standard work of Hindu Law and Ritual in Southern 

 India. 



The translation of the first volume of the Muntakhabu-t-Tawarikh 

 has been completed with an elaborate index by Dr. Ranking. 



The President announced that the scrutineers reported the result 

 of the election of Officers and members of Council as follows: — 



rresident. 

 His Honor Sir John Woodburn, M.A., K.C.S.I. 



Vice- Presidents. 



H. H. Risle.y, Esq., B.A., CJ.E , T.C.S. 



Col. T. H. Hendley, C.I.E., I.M.S. 



Major A, Alcock, M.B., C.M.Z.S., F.a.S., I.M.S. 



Secretaries and Treasurer. 



T. Bloch, Esq., Ph.D. 



F. Finn, Esq., B.A., F.Z.S. 



Major L. A. Waddell, LL.D., I.M.S. 

 T. H. Holland, Esq., F.G.S., A.R.C.S. 

 Mahamahopadhyaya Hara Prasad Shastri, M.A. 

 W. K. Dods, Esq. 



Other Members of Council. 



J. D. Nimmo, Esq. 



Dr. Mahendra Lai Sircar, M.D., CLE., D.L. 



C. L. Griesbach, Esq., F.G.S., CLE. * 



M. H. Oung, Esq. 



W. A. Lee, Esq., F.R.M.S. 



A. Pedler, Esq., F.R.S. 



G. W. Kuchler, Esq., M.A. 



L. de Niceville, Esq., F.E.S., C.M.Z.S. • 

 F. E. Pargiter, Esq., B.A., LCS. 



